Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new charge points for electric vehicles have been introduced in the UK in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many are to be introduced in each of the next three years.
Figures for new chargepoints for electric vehicles that have been introduced in the UK in each of the last three years are available in the table below:
| Pre-2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Public Devices | 5039 | 2073 | 3060 | 6333 |
Domestic Devices (EVHS/DRS funded) | 68132 | 17870 | 20858 | 19989 |
We will invest £1 billion in charging infrastructure, ensuring that everyone is within 30 miles of a rapid charging station. Our jointly funded £400 million Chargepoint Infrastructure Investment Fund’s first investment round, worth a total of £70 million, will ensure the delivery of a further 3,000 rapid charging devices by 2024, more than doubling the current number of rapid charging devices. Last year work commenced to determine a vision for a core rapid charger network on England’s Strategic Road Network and we aim to report on this in Spring 2020.