Question follow-through · 902856

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the illegal modification of e-bikes and e-scooters.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
24 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the illegal modification of e-bikes and e-scooters.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The police have powers available to them to tackle the illegal use of e-scooters and e-bikes and we expect police to deploy them appropriately.The Home Office has also established a taskforce, which includes representatives from across Government, Policin...

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