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Question follow-through · 73020

Motorcycles: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) guidance and (b) requirements exist for employers to verify the (i) licensing status, (ii) training and (iii) safety of any motor scooter riders they engage.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) guidance and (b) requirements exist for employers to verify the (i) licensing status, (ii) training and (iii) safety of any motor scooter riders they engage.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Employers have a duty to manage the safety of their employees, and their employees in turn have a responsibility to ride or drive appropriately and to comply with relevant laws. Guidance for companies employing people to drive including verifying their li...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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