Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ban tyres that are over ten years old from being used on roads.

In February 2021 the Government’s amendments to the Road Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 came into force to prohibit the use of tyres aged 10-years or more from use on the front axles of heavy goods vehicles and buses. Additionally, regulations also require the date of manufacture to be marked and legible on the sidewall of the tyre to ensure the age of the tyre is known.

While this policy is expected to deliver road safety benefits for larger vehicles, on the basis of the DfT consultation in 2020 on banning ages tyres, there was insufficient evidence to justify a restriction on older tyres for all vehicle categories, but we will keep this position under review.