Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 15872
Delivery Services: Robotics
Tabled: 3 July 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026
Question
Olly Glover
Liberal Democrat — Didcot and Wantage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers local authorities have to restrict or prohibit the use of pavement delivery robots within their areas.
Answer
Simon LightwoodWhere pavement robots currently operate, they do so in partnership with the relevant local authority.The Government announced last week that it will facilitate new trials of pavement delivery robots in new places through powers in the Regulating for Growt...
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