Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the development of fully autonomous taxis.
Automated vehicles offer many potential benefits including improved safety, network efficiency, and mobility. There is also a significant industrial prize that the UK is well positioned to take advantage of. There are many potential routes for these technologies to come to market. Fully automated taxis are one such application of the technology. At this stage there are no plans to specify the route to market.