Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to implement (a) the proposed PAS 7250 specification and (b) other safety standards for e-bikes.

As part of its work tackling unsafe e-bikes, e-scooters and their batteries, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), in my Department, has commissioned the British Standards Institution to develop the publicly available specification (PAS) 7250. This will focus on the technical safety of lithium-ion batteries for e-bikes, e-scooters and e-bike conversion kits, and is expected to be published within 18 months. The new PAS will help manufacturers and other businesses to comply with their legal obligations for product safety.

OPSS is also engaging with stakeholders on future updates to e-bike standard EN 15194:2017.