Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the practicality of supplying electric vehicle charging facilities for motorists in areas of dense terraced and high-rise living accommodation.

The Government is committed to ensuring that the right chargepoints are installed in the right places and has several schemes supporting charging infrastructure.

The £381m Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund will support local authorities to work with industry to provide tens of thousands of local chargepoints and transform the availability of charging for drivers without off-street parking.

Local authorities will also continue to benefit from the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme for smaller scale projects. So far funding has been awarded for the installation of over 18,000 chargepoints. The Government also provides grants to support the provision of chargepoints in private residential carparks such as those serving high-rise living accommodation. The grants provide up to £30,000 per apartment block towards the cost of installing EV chargepoints.

Grants are also available for people living in flats or rental accommodation with an off-street parking place, providing up to £350 towards the purchase and installation of a chargepoint.