Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

(asked on 7th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of electric charging points for vehicles in England.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 20th January 2021

Figures from 1 October 2020 show that there are 16,456 public charging devices in England.

The number of electric vehicle charging device grants, issued under various schemes are presented in the table below. It is possible that one grant can pay for more than one charging device. Figures are from 1 October 2020.

Number of Grants Issued in England

Private Domestic Charging Device Grants1

129,608

Workplace Charging Device Vouchers 1

3,159

On-Street Residential Scheme (ORCS)2

92

  1. Data on both private charging domestic and workplace devices comes from three Office for Zero Emission Vehicle (OZEV) 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.
  2. Local authorities can apply for funding to help with the cost of installation of on-street charging points for residential use under ORCS. This figure includes projects which are in progress and may be included in the public charging device figures.

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