Useful but not at all required. Camera + radar is sufficient for driving, and camera+ USS is fine for parking.
Radar is just cheaper than the number of cameras and compute, it's also not really a strict requirement.
Look at how the current cars fuck up, it's mostly navigation, context understanding, and tight manoeuvres. Lidar gives you very little in these areas
All of the actually WORKING self driving systems use LIDAR. This is not a coincidence.