Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 73045

Electric Bicycles: Hire Services

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth 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 Lightwood
The 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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