Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional charging points are planned for installation on UK motorways by the end of 2020.

Chargepoints at Motorway Service Areas (MSAs) are installed by commercial operators. The Government is aware of the importance of ensuring chargepoint provision across the Strategic Road Network (SRN) to support the uptake of electric vehicles and to combat range anxiety. Highways England has committed £15m to ensure that there are chargepoints (rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the SRN by the end of 2020.

Last year, work commenced to review the provision of rapid and higher-powered charge points along England’s SRN and we aim to report on this in Spring 2020.