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Electric Vehicles: Buses

Asked by Luke AkehurstLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 26 January 2026UIN 104976

The question

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.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

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 transport sector and other government departments to understand and respond to cyber vulnerabilities for all transport modes.

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