Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, as part of the trials of rental e-scooters, they gather information on car ownership and car usage from those hiring e-scooters; and if so (1) whether they do so from all individuals hiring e-scooters, and (2) whether individuals hiring e-scooters are asked whether they would otherwise have made their journeys by car.

The Department for Transport has in place a national monitoring and evaluation programme for the e-scooter trials. This programme is drawing from range of data, including surveys with rental e-scooter users.

As part of the user surveys, we have collected evidence on whether users own or have regular use of other types of vehicle, including car. This information has been collected from user survey respondents specifically. We have also collected evidence on mode shift to rental e-scooters from other forms of transport, including car. The findings report from this evaluation is due to be published later this year.