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Commons · Question 95275 · Tabled 27 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Euan Stainbank

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to establish an independent audit mechanism for ISO/SAE 21434 and UN R155/156 compliance.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 4 Dec 2025

Approval certificates for UN Regulations 155 and 156 can be issued by an applicable national approval authority, which is the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) in the UK, and are mutually recognised internationally. Any country’s approval authority must ...