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Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

Volume 494: debated on Friday 26 June 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what plans his Department has to review (a) the compulsory basic training for moped riders and (b) the moped riding age. (281760)

The Driving Standards Agency is reviewing the current arrangements for training learner moped riders in line with the commitments in the Government’s Motorcycle Strategy and plans to consult later this year. We have no plans to change our current minimum age of 16 years for riding mopeds.