Question follow-through · 98854
Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Insurance and Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department are considering introducing a requirement for users to (a) licence and (b) insure (1) e bikes and (2) e scooters.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department are considering introducing a requirement for users to (a) licence and (b) insure (1) e bikes and (2) e scooters.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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15 Dec 2025
Answer published
There are no plans to require the licensing or insurance of e-bikes. A previous detailed review of licensing and insurance for all cyclists (including e-bike users) concluded that the cost and complexity of introducing such a system would far outweigh the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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