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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 ...