Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how companies offering to fit OLEV approved EV charging points advertise the cost of the work without the Government support.

The department has not performed bespoke analysis to assess the question asked.

An indicative assessment of the costs of installing a chargepoint was performed as part of the Building Regulations Impact Assessment. In a private off-street residential setting, based upon a 7kW smart chargepoint, it is estimated that the cost of installing a chargepoint will range from a low of £982 to a high of £2,415.

Analysis of the EVHS scheme is attached. This shows the average cost to the customer over the years that a grant has been available. This is based on data up until 5 May 2020. The average amount a customer has paid, when using the scheme, is £570. This will include the cost of the EV chargepoint, any ancillary equipment, labour and any VAT charged, less the grant rate available to the customer.

The department does not have data on what customers outside of the scheme would have paid. Nor do we have information on how companies advertise the cost of chargepoint installations.