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Driverless Vehicles: Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Dame Chi OnwurahLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 28 January 2025UIN 25211

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the AI Opportunities Action Plan, published on 13 January 2025, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the alignment between the plan and other Government policies on the deployment of self-driving vehicles.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Department for Transport supported the development of the AI Opportunities Action Plan, including providing contributions on the policy intentions for the deployment of self-driving vehicles. The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, a joint unit between the Department for Transport and Department for Business and Trade, works closely with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to help realise the UK’s full potential as an AI superpower.

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