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Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Parking Offences

Commons · Question 24151 · Tabled 15 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 21 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of rented electric (a) bikes and (b) scooters illegally parked on pavements.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 21 Jan 2025

The Government recognises the widespread concern that this issue causes pedestrians and especially the danger which obstructively parked cycles can cause those with disabilities. Part of our work to regulate on-street micromobility, and as announced in th...