Question follow-through · 29236

Neighbourhood Wardens: Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered introducing powers for Neighbourhood Wardens to seize e-bikes used in anti-social behaviour.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
15 Sept 2026
Answer
15 Sept 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered introducing powers for Neighbourhood Wardens to seize e-bikes used in anti-social behaviour.

  2. 15 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to tackling the anti-social use of vehicles, including e-bikes. The Crime and Policing Act 2026 strengthened police powers under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 for vehicles being used anti-socially, by removing the re...

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