Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that all police forces hold data on the number of privately owned e-scooters that they have (a) stopped and (b) seized.

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.