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Driverless Vehicles: Data Protection

Asked by Sarah CoombesLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 27 October 2025UIN 84558

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that data being transmitted by UK automated vehicles to manufacturers is not stored offshore.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

Effective and secure storage of data produced by self-driving vehicles is vital for their deployment. Ahead of full implementation of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 in the second half of 2027, the Department for Transport will be seeking further information on data storage as part of upcoming consultations on the regulatory framework.

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