Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 73045
Electric Bicycles: Hire Services
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Anna Gelderd
Labour — South East Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to require public e-bike hire schemes to include third-party insurance for (a) injury to people and (b) damage to property as part of the hire fee; and if she will make an assessment of the po
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe Government is empowering local leaders to licence shared cycle schemes through measures in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. These licences will contain some minimum standard conditions set by the Secretary of State to ensure a ba...
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