Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle charging points have been installed in the last five years.
Between 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2022, the number of public chargepoints increased by 23,264 according to data provided by Zap-map.
The number of charging points and sockets for private electric vehicles installed under the Government grant schemes – Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme and the Workplace Charging Scheme - between 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2022 are 231,011.