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Driverless Vehicles: Tolls

Asked by Chris BlooreLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 126269

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has made with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the potential merits of piloting targeted road user charging schemes for autonomous vehicles to manage demand.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

No such considerations have been made. Early deployments of automated vehicles are likely to be relatively small-scale. Impacts on the transport network will be kept under review as the regulations for automated vehicles are implemented.

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