Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Milton Keynes Council has received to install electric car charging points since 2015.
Since 2015 Milton Keynes Council has received £865,690 under the On Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS). Milton Keynes also received a total of £9,797,400 through the Go Ultra Low City Schemes (GULCS) between Financial Year 15/16 and Financial Year 19/20, this funding was used to support the delivery of public chargepoints and to help establish the Electric Vehicle Experience Centre which provides advice to the public considering making the switch to electric driving.
The number of grants awarded for the installation of electric vehicle charging devices in the UK are published and updated on a regular basis on our public website.