Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on innovation in the logistics sector of the Pioneer prospectus.

Innovation is vital to the UK freight and logistics sector, and the Government has facilitated and will continue to promote innovation in logistics.

The Government is pursuing association with the Horizon Europe scheme. The Pioneer prospectus is a bold and ambitious alternative. No assessment of its impact on freight and logistics innovation specifically has been undertaken.

The Department for Transport’s (DfT) Science, Innovation and Technology division, with the support of the DfT Chief Scientific Adviser, will continue to work with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to represent DfT’s innovation priorities.