Question follow-through · 120118
Electric Bicycles: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the unrestricted sale of e-bikes that are not type-approved for road use; and what consideration she has given to introducing tighter sales restrictions.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the unrestricted sale of e-bikes that are not type-approved for road use; and what consideration she has given to introducing tighter sales restrictions.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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19 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency have market surveillance powers to tackle the supply of e-bikes, including modified e-bikes, where users are being deliberately misled about where such vehicles can and cannot be used. In addition, the police have t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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