Home Office written question – answered at on 25 February 2021.
Liz Saville-Roberts
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Home Affairs), Shadow PC Spokesperson (Women and Equalities) , Plaid Cymru Westminster Leader, Shadow PC Spokesperson (Justice), Shadow PC Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Shadow PC Spokesperson (Transport), Shadow PC Spokesperson (Attorney General)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with police forces in England and Wales on the use of e-scooters on pavements; and what recent (a) estimate she has made of the incidence of e-scooters being used on pavements and (b) assessment she has made of the effect of e-scooter use on pavements on the safety of people with sight loss.
Kit Malthouse
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice and Home Office)
It is illegal to use privately owned e-scooters on the roads and the pavements. How the police enforce road traffic Laws is an operational matter for individual Chief Officers who will decide how to deploy available resources, taking into account any specific local problems and demands.
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