Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many riders of privately owned e-scooters have been stopped by police in Portsmouth since March 2021.

The Home Office does not collect data on vehicle stops (i.e. stops made under section 163).

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of fixed penalty notices and other outcomes for motoring offences as part of the annual ‘Police Powers and Procedures: Other PACE’ publication.

However, data is not collected on the type of vehicle (including e-scooters) for which the FPN or any other outcome is issued.

Information that is recorded by the police that is not a requirement under the Annual Data Requirement is an operational matter for forces and a decision for Chief Constables to make.