Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the funding allocated to local authorities in England for electric charging infrastructure in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.
In 2019-20 £14.5 million was allocated to English local authorities to support electric vehicle charging infrastructure. This included £4 million for the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS), to fund chargepoints for residents without access to private parking and £6.5 million to support electric vehicle infrastructure for taxis. In 2020-21, £20 million has been made available for ORCS, over £6 million of this funding has already been allocated to English local authorities.
In addition, there has also been £9.5 million of funding allocated to Derby and Nottingham as part of their Future of Transport Zone trials. This funding will be used for seven e-mobility hubs, which will include charging infrastructure. These are based in neighbourhoods, depots and campuses across the two cities. The first tranche of this funding was delivered in 2019-20, with a further tranche in 2021-22.