Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 68646

Cycling: Helmets

Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 24 July 2025

Question

Connor Naismith

LabourCrewe and Nantwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take legislative steps to require cyclists to wear helmets.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government strongly encourages cyclists to wear helmets, and this is reflected in The Highway Code, but there are no plans to mandate this. A previous review of this matter concluded that the safety benefits of mandating helmets would be likely to be ...

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