The use of e-scooters, their illegal status on the UK's public roads & cycle tracks, areas of the country where rental e-scooters can be legally ridden in official trials, their status in other countries including Australia and France have been the subject of two CBTG news posts over the last 18 months - in August 2024 and in November 2023

BBC Politics NW (23/3/25) hosted by Annabel Tiffin recently included a feature on e-scooters following the extension until May 2026 of the Liverpool area rental scheme run by Voi (details here).

The BBC Politics NW discussion programme even contained a question to the two MPs round the table from CBTG ! You can watch this discussion aboute e-scooters on the iPlayer - go to minute  8.52

Meanwhile Derbyshire Police have been in the vanguard of the country's police forces in enforcing the law as it stands on e-scooters. Read their news item from March 2025 here... You can also read their March Newsletter here

From their website...

"Derbyshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts has welcomed new figures showing 316 e-scooters have been seized off the streets of Derbyshire as part of a tough enforcement drive.

The new ‘seize and dispose’ approach was implemented by Derbyshire Constabulary on 1st November 2024 with officers seizing e-scooters on the first interaction with police before sending them for disposal. Users can also face prosecution through the courts.

The move, which was fully backed by the PCC who launched an awareness campaign to support the new approach, followed widespread concerns by residents that the vehicles were being used illegally and dangerously across the county.

Since the introduction of the new policy, 316 e-scooters have been seized – 52 of which have been taken in February 2025 alone.

In addition, all the force’s PCSOs across the county have received full training on the new procedure and have been granted the same powers as police officers to seize and dispose. This is a significant step which will enable officers and PCSOs to respond more robustly when they are reported to be causing a nuisance in our communities.

Nicolle said: “This is a huge result and will reassure residents across the county that the force takes their concerns about illegal e-scooters extremely seriously".