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Delivery Services: Robots

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delivery robots operating on pavements on public safety.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
29 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delivery robots operating on pavements on public safety.

  2. 29 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is aware pavement robots are being used in some towns around the country. We are committed to bringing forward legislation to ensure the safe and lawful use of micromobility vehicles when parliamentary time allows, and the English Devolutio...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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