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Written Question
Electric Scooters: Sales
Tuesday 20th September 2022

Asked by: Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 26 July (HL1955), what discussions they have had with local Trading Standards regarding retailers selling private e-scooters in the last 12 months.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

None. Local Trading Standards offices operate independently of central Government and their enforcement priorities are a matter for local authorities.

Written Question
Electric Scooters: Sales
Tuesday 26th July 2022

Asked by: Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many inspections Trading Standards have made of retailers selling private e-scooters in the last 12 months.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

BEIS does not hold this information. Trading Standards services are provided by local authorities who operate independently from central government and are therefore responsible for their own enforcement activity and are accountable to their local electorate.