| Heading: |
Electric Scooters: Safety |
| Question ID: |
1798434 |
| UIN: |
49197 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5210 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Tom Hayes
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Tom Hayes
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislation to limit the speed of e-scooters. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-08 |
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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: |
E-scooters used as part of the ongoing e-scooter trials are already limited to 15.5mph. Privately owned e-scooters remain illegal to use on public roads, cycle lanes and pavements, and enforcement is a matter for the police. No policy decisions on micromo... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |