Question follow-through · 57694

Driverless Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Automated Vehicles Act 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the legalisation of self-driving vehicles on people whose jobs require driving.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 5 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jun 2025
Answer: 10 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Automated Vehicles Act 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the legalisation of self-driving vehicles on people whose jobs require driving.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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10 Jun 2025
Answer published
The development of self-driving vehicle technology has the potential to support our Plan for Growth, creating up to 38,000 high-quality jobs, and unlocking £42 billion for the UK economy by 2035. Additional benefits will include reducing human error – whi...

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