Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Fires
Commons · Question 9791 · Tabled 17 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of fires that have been caused by the batteries of (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes in the last 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 24 Oct 2024
The Home Office collects data on incidents attended by Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs), with this data including the cause of the fire and the source of ignition. This data is published in a variety of publications, available here: Fire statistics - GOV.U...