Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 94839
Driverless Vehicles: Regulation
Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Question
David Smith
Labour — North Northumberland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to publish an evaluation framework for the regulatory approval of supervised autonomous vehicle technologies, including indicative timelines.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (the Act) provides the powers to regulate the safe use of automated vehicles. Full implementation of the Act, including provisions for authorising self-driving vehicles, is on-track for the second half of 2027. The regulato...
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