Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks associated with regulations which allow riders to operate mopeds without any training or experience.

Only car drivers who passed a driving test before 1 February 2001 are permitted to ride a moped without first completing Compulsory Basic Training. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has not carried out a specific assessment of the risks associated with this regulation that allows such persons to operate mopeds without any training or experience.

However, we believe that the number of people who take advantage of this provision is very small and the number will reduce slightly every year as older drivers in the cohort stop driving.

These risks have been considered several times since compulsory basic training (CBT) for learner moped riders motorcyclists was introduced in 1990.