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Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002330/R

 Version Date: 10/09/2024

The Alliance Roads Policing Team have provided the following information.

For each of the following financial years  2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020-21 and 2019/20:

How many electric scooters were seized by your force?

• 2019/20 - 0
• 2020/21 - 2
• 2021/22 - 30
• 2022/23 - 62
• 2023/24 - 78

How many fixed penalty notice fines were given out to people for riding an e scooter on a public road without insurance?

Please note that this data relates only to Traffic Offence Reports (TOR’s) processed through the Central Ticket Office.

• 2019/20 - 0
• 2020/21 - 0
• 2021/22 - 9
• 2022/23 - 15
• 2023/24 - 6