Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will create an independent body to set required safety standards for e-bike and e-scooter batteries.

There are no current plans to establish such a body.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is responsible for the General Product Safety Regulations which set the safety requirements for batteries. OPSS and Local Authority Trading Standards Services already have the powers to remove unsafe products from sale and are using data and intelligence to target unsafe products.

OPSS is prioritising work to understand and tackle the risks of e-bikes and e-scooters and has commissioned research into the safety of lithium-ion batteries. This work will help inform how this issue is tackled in future.