Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports of battery fires affecting e-scooters being carried on trains, what plans they have to review the safety impact of taking e-scooters on (1) trains, and (2) buses; and what steps they are taking to issue safety advice to transport providers.

The Department is running trials of rental e-scooters to assess their safety and wider impacts. Rental operators do not permit their e-scooters to be carried on public transport.

While trials are running, privately-owned e-scooters will remain illegal to use on the road, cycle lanes or pavements. They can be used on private property, with the landowner’s permission. It is for public transport operators to determine their own terms and conditions of carriage.