Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of electric vehicle charging points in (a) North East Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedford Borough Council local authority area and (c) Central Bedfordshire local authority area.
The figures requested are in the table below. Figures are accurate as of 1st January, 2020.
Public Charging Devices1 | Grant Awards for Private Charging Devices2 | |
Area | ||
(a) North East Bedfordshire Constituency | 12 | 372 |
(b) Bedford Borough Council Local Authority | 34 | 391 |
(c) Central Bedfordshire Local Authority | 37 | 711 |
1) Source: Zap-Map
2) Data on private charging devices comes from three Office for Low Emission Vehicle grant schemes: the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) for businesses; the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) and its predecessor, the Domestic Recharge Scheme (DRS) for private domestic charging devices.