Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 74622

Electric Bicycles: Regulation

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the enforcement of existing regulations on e-bike use.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
A modified e-cycle is only road-legal where it complies in full with the requirements set out in the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983. Where this is not the case, the e-cycle is classed as a motor vehicle and needs to be approved and reg...
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