Question follow-through · 48053
Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ongoing e-scooter trials, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of e-scooters on (a) the modal shift of transport away from private cars and (b) reducing traffic congestion in
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ongoing e-scooter trials, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of e-scooters on (a) the modal shift of transport away from private cars and (b) reducing traffic congestion in
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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1 May 2025
Answer published
The first national evaluation of the e-scooter trials was published in December 2022. This found that e-scooters increasingly replaced private motor vehicle or taxi use over time (from 12% of journeys in March 2021 to 21% in December 2021). 42% of e-scoot...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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