Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 65718
Electric Bicycles: Regulation
Tabled: 8 July 2025
Answered: 14 July 2025
Question
Fabian Hamilton
Labour — Leeds 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 LightwoodOnly 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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