Question follow-through · 22319
Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Helmets
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to require electric scooter and electric bike hire operators to provide helmets attached to each vehicle.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to require electric scooter and electric bike hire operators to provide helmets attached to each vehicle.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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7 Sept 2026
Answer published
Users of rental e-scooters and e-bikes are encouraged by operators to wear a helmet.All future decisions on e-scooter regulations, which could include a requirement for users to wear protective equipment, will be informed by the data from our ongoing nati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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