Michelle Donelan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michelle Donelan on 2016-06-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of registering bicycles with the DVLA.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Our assessment of the registration of bicycles indicates it would require a licensing process similar to that for cars and motorcycles. As there are in excess of 20 million bicycles in Great Britain and many change hands through second hand sales, keeping track of this would be difficult and expensive. The costs of its administration would far outweigh the revenue received and indeed any benefits received from it.