Motor Cycles

Dr. Stoate
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce a compulsory registration scheme for off road motorcycles. [117408]

Mr. Jamieson
There are no plans to do so. Off road motorcycling causes nuisance from time to time, but is not a major problem. It does not warrant a national registration scheme, which would be costly to set up and administer, and difficult to enforce.