Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 65474

Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services

Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025

Question

Olly Glover

Liberal DemocratDidcot and Wantage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risks of the use of (a) illegal or (b) modified e-bikes being used by food delivery riders.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
E-bikes must fully comply the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983 in order to be legally used on the roads. This is irrespective of whether they have been modified, or whether they are being ridden by a delivery rider or anyone else. While ...

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