Question follow-through · 25104
Vehicles: Electric Cables and Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rodents on soy-based wiring and insulation used in vehicles.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rodents on soy-based wiring and insulation used in vehicles.
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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23 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department has made no assessment of the impact of rodents on automotive wiring using a soy-based insulation material. Although rodents have a propensity to chew both domestic and automotive wiring, there is little evidence beyond the anecdotal to sug...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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