PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Electric Bikes and Electric Scooters (4 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include measures on (a) the legal use of, (b) enforcement of and (c) education on the risks of using (i) e-bikes, (ii) e-scooters and (iii) similar vehicles in the Crime and Policing Bill.

Asked by:
Lizzi Collinge (Labour)

Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission to take back our streets. The Government will give police the powers they need to tackle the dangerous and antisocial use of e-vehicles off the streets for good, so that they will be able to quickly destroy those that they seize from offenders. We will set out more information in due course.

Information on the risks of using electric vehicles is available at: E-cycle and e-scooter batteries: managing fire risk for premises - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and more detailed guidance is available at: www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-to-enhance-e-bike-and-e-scooter-safety.

Answered by:
Dame Diana Johnson (Labour)
14 October 2024