Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Vehicle Number Plates
Commons · Question 117084 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will consider introducing number plates for e-bikes and e-scooters.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 10 Mar 2026
Introducing a number plate system on e-bikes would be complex and expensive to design and administer. It would also require fitting registration plates that were sufficiently visible and robust and could not easily be transferred from one cycle to another...