Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the interim report by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety The safety of e-scooters, published on 31 October; and whether they plan to undertake research on the safety of privately owned e-scooters.

The Department welcomes the contribution of PACTS to the evidence base we are gathering. We are currently undertaking an independent evaluation of the e-scooter trials to examine the progress and impact of the trials across England. A number of trial areas are running long term rental schemes, and the evidence collected through these rental trials will give transferrable insights into private use. We are planning to publish our interim report, containing preliminary findings from the evaluation of the trials, in winter 2021.