Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
(asked on 1st March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, how much of the £1.3bn the Government planned to spend to accelerate the roll out of EV charging infrastructure has been spent to date; and in which areas of the UK he plans to invest under that Plan.
The Government is committed to decarbonising transport by phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. It has already spent over £2 billion to support the transition to zero emission vehicles. This funding has focused on reducing barriers to the adoption of such vehicles, including offsetting their higher upfront cost, and accelerating the rollout of chargepoint infrastructure.
Government spend on charging infrastructure for the financial years 2020/21 and 2021/22 is set out in the table below.
Project/Scheme | 20-21 | 21-22 |
Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme and its predecessor Domestic Recharging Scheme. | £24,426,000 | £54,910,000 |
Workplace Charging Scheme | £1,536,000 | £5,803,000 |
On Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme | £6,028,000 | £20,578,000 |
This does not include finalised spending on infrastructure schemes for the 2022/23 financial year, which will be available in due course.
The Government is committed to ensuring that the deployment of EV charging infrastructure happens across all areas of the country. Last summer the Government launched the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Pilot, accelerating the delivery of chargepoints across the country. It has now expanded this LEVI pilot scheme to an additional sixteen local authorities, from West Sussex to Rotherham and Cumbria.
Work is being undertaken to develop the Rapid Charging Fund (RCF). This year, the Government will launch a public consultation on the RCF and a pilot scheme.