Written question asked by Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 10 November 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 November 2025. It was answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

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Yutong: Buses

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of reports that the National Cyber Security Centre is evaluating whether the Chinese bus manufacturer Yutong can deactivate buses remotely, (1) what is the timetable for this evaluation, and (2) what assessment they have made of recent security concerns raised by the governments of Norway and Denmark in respect of Chinese-made electric buses.

Answer

The Government takes national security extremely seriously and continuously monitors, understands and mitigates potential security threats from a wide range of technologies. My officials are looking into the Norwegian reports and will feed any new information into our continuing work.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL11709

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Buses Electric vehicles National security Yutong

Link

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