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Transport: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential role of Digital Twin technology in supporting the delivery of an integrated transport system in the UK.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential role of Digital Twin technology in supporting the delivery of an integrated transport system in the UK.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2026
Answer published
As outlined in the Transport AI Action Plan (2025) and the Transport Climate Adaptation Strategy (2025), digital twins hold vast potential to improve the performance and resilience of the whole transport system, through better integration, data sharing an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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