Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commit to ensuring that all new (a) residential and (b) commercial developments have adequate electric charging infrastructure for (a) cars, (b) bikes, (c) scooters and (d) mobility vehicles.

The Prime Minister recently announced that new homes and buildings such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as those undergoing major renovation, will be required to install electric vehicle charge points from next year under new legislation. This will create up to 145,000 new chargepoints every year.

The Department is running trials of rental e-scooters to assess their safety and wider impacts. Privately-owned e-scooters remain illegal to use during trials. The evidence gathered through the trials and wider research will inform whether e-scooters should be legalised in the future and, if so, what charging infrastructure may be appropriate.

More widely, my department is continuing to work with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to explore what further measures can be taken to ensure adequate provision for the charging of all electric vehicles. This will include looking at what role Building Regulations and a reformed planning system can play in delivering vehicle charging across a range of transport modes.