Electric Scooters: Imports and Sales
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) importation and (b) sale regulations in reducing the illegal use of e-scooters on (i) public roads and (ii) pavements.
Answered by Department for Transport
All e-scooters sold must comply with government importation and sale requirements, including on product safety.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) Market Surveillance Unit carries out surveillance of e-scooter retailers to ensure they are being sold lawfully and to hold online marketplaces to account to prevent the sale of non-compliant or unsafe products, including e-scooters.
Enforcement of road traffic legislation, including offences involving the illegal or irresponsible use of e-scooters, remains a matter for the police.
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