Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 90611

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Batteries

Tabled: 12 November 2025

Answered: 21 November 2025

Question

Sarah Pochin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to prevent the sale of high-powered after-market batteries for (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes.

Answer

Kate Dearden

Under existing UK regulations, businesses must only place safe products, including batteries for e-bikes and e-scooters, on the market. In 2024, the Department published statutory guidelines for lithium-ion e-bike batteries, clarifying that they must prot...

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