Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the national security risks of (a) electric vehicles and (b) connected cars using (i) Chinese and (ii) Russian software.

The Government takes national security extremely seriously. The Department of Transport (DfT) works closely with the transport sector and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other government departments, including the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), to understand and respond to risks associated with all connected vehicles, including electric vehicles.

The UK has also led the development of international requirements for all car manufacturers to tackle any possible cyber risk in their designs, and we will continue to work with international partners to safeguard national security risks.