| Heading: |
Electric Bicycles: Fires |
| Question ID: |
1747439 |
| UIN: |
18229 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4853 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Neil Hudson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dr Neil Hudson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of fires as a result of batteries in electric bikes reported to emergency services. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Answer text: |
The Department does not hold information on the number of fires caused by batteries in electric bikes. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) published analysis of e-cycle and e-scooter fires in August 2024, which is available on gov.uk. It in... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |