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Question follow-through · 104029

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 98632, how many visits the DVSA has made to retailers selling e-scooters; and how many incidences the DVSA have recorded of e-scooters being sold illegally

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
12 Jan 2026
Answer
16 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 98632, how many visits the DVSA has made to retailers selling e-scooters; and how many incidences the DVSA have recorded of e-scooters being sold illegally

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The table below shows the number of retailers the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has checked from March 2022 to April 2025. 2022-2023932023-2024582024-202547 The table below shows many incidents DVSA has recorded of e-scooters being sold illeg...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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