Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the financial benefit to the public purse of the introduction of autonomous vehicles.

The potential social and economic benefits of connected and autonomous vehicle technology are significant, and securing these benefits along with the tremendous industrial opportunities associated with developing and producing them is central to the Government’s strategy.

The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles has commissioned research to better understand the industrial opportunity.

Published on the 7^th September 2017, the research estimates that the market for connected and autonomous vehicles is estimated to be worth £28bn in the UK in 2035.