Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure that bike owners security code their bicycles.

Property marking and registration make it easier to prove ownership if a bicycle is stolen, and easier for the police to return recovered property to the rightful owner. There are a number of property marking schemes available for the public to use; there are currently no plans to mandate this or ensure that bike owners security code their bicycles.

The Department for Transport and Active Travel England are working with the police-led National Cycle Crime Group to support regional cycle crime enforcement partnerships and raise awareness of better security, especially around effective ways for people to secure their cycles.