Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to integrate payments for electric vehicle charging into parking payments as part of their policy to simplify the structure of electric vehicle parking in the UK.

The Government has no current plans to require electric vehicle charging to be integrated into parking payments. However, the Government will be laying regulations early this year designed to make the consumer experience of chargepoints simple and seamless. The regulations will mandate a pricing metric, to ensure pricing transparency, in addition to simplified payment methods, including contactless and payment roaming.

To ensure that lack of off-street parking is not a barrier to owning a plug-in vehicle, the Government is supporting chargepoint provision through its Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund and On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme, which both provide funding to local authorities to extend charging infrastructure for their residents.