Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 65471

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Sales

Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025

Question

Olly Glover

Liberal DemocratDidcot and Wantage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent people from selling high-powered e-bikes and scooters that are not legal for use on roads.

Answer

Justin Madders
The UK’s legal framework for product safety places responsibility for the safety of e-bikes and e-scooters on the businesses manufacturing or importing them. The Office for Product Safety and Standards and Local Authority Trading Standards enforce the reg...

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