Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 71119
Motorcycles: Children
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat — St Albans
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum age requirement for children to travel on a motorbike as a pillion passenger.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe department has not made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum age requirement for children to travel on a motorbike as a pillion passenger. The decision to carry a child passenger on a motorcycle remains with the rider, who is...
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