Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided to increase electric vehicle charging points in the London Borough of Havering in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

The Department is supporting local authorities, such as the London Borough of Havering, through its £381 million Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund. Earlier this year, London was awarded £35.7 million in capital funding to cover the costs associated with the installation of EV chargepoints. Havering will also benefit from London’s £3 million capability funding, which will secure dedicated in-house expertise to support boroughs to plan, procure and tender the delivery of local chargepoints. In addition, the Borough was awarded £346,490 in 2021/22 through the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme, which has supported the installation of 114 public chargepoints across the area.

Through the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS), businesses, charities and the wider public sector can receive grants of up to £350 per socket for installing up to 40 charging sockets for their employees and fleets. The London Borough of Havering has benefitted from WCS grants as follows: