Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of injuries caused by lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes and e-scooters in each of the last three years, broken down by region.

The requested data is not collated by the National Health Service. The Office for Product Safety and Standards does record and publish data on casualties from notified e-bike and e-scooter fires, but reporting is voluntary and does not capture the full national total or represent a complete statistical estimate of all incidents across the United Kingdom.

On the wider issue raised, the Government is strengthening e-bike and e-scooter safety through ongoing e-scooter trials, improved lithium-ion battery safety and stronger enforcement against unsafe or illegally modified vehicles.