Question follow-through · 104976
Electric Vehicles: Buses
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the risk that electric buses operating in the UK could be remotely rendered inoperable via their internet-connected systems by hostile state actors.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the risk that electric buses operating in the UK could be remotely rendered inoperable via their internet-connected systems by hostile state actors.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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26 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government takes national security seriously and recognises the systematic challenges of increased connectivity and the cyber security implications for almost every area of government policy, including vehicles. My Department works closely with the tr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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