Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 65718

Electric Bicycles: Regulation

Tabled: 8 July 2025
Answered: 14 July 2025

Question

Fabian Hamilton

LabourLeeds North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to include measures to tackle the use of (a) illegal and (b) unregulated e-bikes in its Road Safety Strategy.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Only e-bikes that are fully compliant with the requirements of the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983 are legal to use on the roads, and we recognise the risk to road safety of those e-bikes that are not compliant with regulations. The Gov...

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