Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 91444

Electric Scooters: Insurance

Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 25 November 2025

Question

Juliet Campbell

LabourBroxtowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department holds records on the number of privately owned e-scooters currently in use by the general public that are not covered by appropriate motor vehicle insurance policies; and whether any spec

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department for Transport does not hold the information requested. Enforcement of illegal e-scooter use is a matter for the police and a range of motoring offences and penalties already apply.