Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 26056

Electric Bicycles

Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of requiring electric bike users to (a) have a number plate and (b) be insured.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government has no intention of requiring cyclists, including those who ride Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles, to display number plates or to have insurance. This would require a national registration scheme for all cycles which would be complex and ...

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