Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what health and safety requirements must be met by motor cycle delivery drivers.

All persons who use our roads must comply with road traffic legislation and have a duty to comply with the rules in the Highway Code. Road traffic legislation includes the requirement that all drivers must hold an appropriate driving licence (holders of provisional motorcycle licences must complete compulsory basic training) and the obligation to provide documentation if required to do so by an officer of the law. All drivers using roads in the UK must also be in possession of third party insurance covering the use of that vehicle and all vehicles in the UK must also meet set roadworthiness standards, including in relation to emissions levels, at all times. Regulations 16 and 17 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Rule 83 of the Highway Code states that an approved helmet must be worn on two wheeled motorcycles.