Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Ambulance services on the use of electric bikes and scooters in the course of their duties.
None: this is an operational decision for individual ambulance services. The Department is currently developing a national e-cycle support programme, and ran a £2 million e-cargo bike support programme in 2019/20 which enabled many businesses across England to use e-cargo bikes. The Department is also running trials of rental e-scooters to assess their safety and wider impacts. While trials are running, privately-owned e-scooters will remain illegal to use on the road, cycle lanes or pavements.