Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2017 to Question 9627, on motorcycles: helmets, for what reasons there is no reference to the safety of suspects on mopeds and motorcycles as influencing the decision as to whether police pursue the suspects.

All decisions by police officers as to whether to initiate or continue any pursuit will balance the public interest in apprehending suspected criminals against the need to avoid the death or serious injury of any road users.

The category of ‘any road users’ includes the suspect(s) being pursued, the officer(s) carrying out the pursuit and all other road users and pedestrians not involved in the pursuit.