Electric Bicycles
Commons · Question 26056 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of requiring electric bike users to (a) have a number plate and (b) be insured.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 27 Jan 2025
The Government has no intention of requiring cyclists, including those who ride Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles, to display number plates or to have insurance. This would require a national registration scheme for all cycles which would be complex and ...