Written questions

Motorcycles: Seized Articles

Commons · Question 117044 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police forces on the disposal of seized off-road electric motorbikes.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 10 Mar 2026

Decisions on the methods of disposal of seized vehicles are operational matters for individual police forces, or the recovery bodies acting on their behalf, to determine.The police have powers under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to seize vehicl...