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date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the adequacy of legislation on the use of electric scooters on public highways.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL16754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>It is illegal to use a powered transporter, such as an electric scooter, on a public road without it complying with specific legal requirements. In the UK, electric scooters are treated like any other motor vehicle under the Road Traffic Act. This means they are subject to laws requiring them to conform to technical standards and be used safely. This includes requirements for users to have insurance, driving licences, number plates, and helmets. At present, it is difficult for electric scooters to meet these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>For scooters that do meet these requirements, users of them must comply with speed limits.</p><p> </p><p>It is also illegal to use an electric scooter in spaces which are set aside for use by pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders. This includes on the pavement and in cycle lanes.</p><p> </p><p>The Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy, published on 19 March 2019, includes a regulatory review to address the challenges of ensuring our transport infrastructure and regulation are fit for the future. The Department will use the regulatory review to examine current legislation and determine from the evidence what is needed to make the necessary changes needed for a safe and healthy future.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge, we are exploring how new technologies, including electric scooters, could help the UK benefit from changes in how people, goods and services move around and possible barriers to securing those benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL16755 HL16757 question first answered 05/07/2019 10:50:36 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1135434

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date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the maximum speed of electric scooters on sale in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL16755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>It is illegal to use a powered transporter, such as an electric scooter, on a public road without it complying with specific legal requirements. In the UK, electric scooters are treated like any other motor vehicle under the Road Traffic Act. This means they are subject to laws requiring them to conform to technical standards and be used safely. This includes requirements for users to have insurance, driving licences, number plates, and helmets. At present, it is difficult for electric scooters to meet these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>For scooters that do meet these requirements, users of them must comply with speed limits.</p><p> </p><p>It is also illegal to use an electric scooter in spaces which are set aside for use by pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders. This includes on the pavement and in cycle lanes.</p><p> </p><p>The Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy, published on 19 March 2019, includes a regulatory review to address the challenges of ensuring our transport infrastructure and regulation are fit for the future. The Department will use the regulatory review to examine current legislation and determine from the evidence what is needed to make the necessary changes needed for a safe and healthy future.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge, we are exploring how new technologies, including electric scooters, could help the UK benefit from changes in how people, goods and services move around and possible barriers to securing those benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL16754 HL16757 question first answered 05/07/2019 10:50:36 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1135436

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the users of electric scooters on UK roads are covered by insurance, as is required for other motorised vehicle users.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL16757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>It is illegal to use a powered transporter, such as an electric scooter, on a public road without it complying with specific legal requirements. In the UK, electric scooters are treated like any other motor vehicle under the Road Traffic Act. This means they are subject to laws requiring them to conform to technical standards and be used safely. This includes requirements for users to have insurance, driving licences, number plates, and helmets. At present, it is difficult for electric scooters to meet these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>For scooters that do meet these requirements, users of them must comply with speed limits.</p><p> </p><p>It is also illegal to use an electric scooter in spaces which are set aside for use by pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders. This includes on the pavement and in cycle lanes.</p><p> </p><p>The Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy, published on 19 March 2019, includes a regulatory review to address the challenges of ensuring our transport infrastructure and regulation are fit for the future. The Department will use the regulatory review to examine current legislation and determine from the evidence what is needed to make the necessary changes needed for a safe and healthy future.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge, we are exploring how new technologies, including electric scooters, could help the UK benefit from changes in how people, goods and services move around and possible barriers to securing those benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL16754 HL16755 question first answered 05/07/2019 10:50:36 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

753947

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date	19/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Young of Cookham on 11 July (HLWS37), what steps they have taken to seek explanations from Ministers and Agency Chief Executives in (1) the Department for Communities and Local Government, (2) the Department for Education, (3) the Home Office, (4) HM Revenue and Customs, and (5) Ofwat, in the light of the Minister's response that they have failed to answer one third of the correspondence within the target set for replies.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL1094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Government takes seriously its responsibilities for providing timely replies to correspondence from MPs and Peers. The Departments in question are committed to improving their performance on replying to correspondence from MPs and Peers and have plans in place to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/09/2017 12:56:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling