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353889

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many publicly-funded charging points for electric vehicles have been delivered in each of the last 10 years; and how many such points are planned for delivery in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	2332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Transport ran a public consultation to help inform the specification for the new Northern and TransPennine Express franchises, and received over 21,000 responses; a summary of these have been published on the Government’s website.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Invitation To Tender for the Northern franchise has specified the replacement of Pacers (which are currently used) on services between Huddersfield and Sheffield) by the start of 2020, and other rolling stock used on the franchise will be subject to a substantial refurbishment. It also specifies an increase in the Sunday service provision on this route by December 2017. Our process for evaluating franchise bids encourages bidders to exceed the minimum specifications we state, and the bids themselves are due in to the Department by 26 June. We are due to announce the outcome towards the end of the year.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of publicly-funded chargepoints for electric vehicles that have been delivered in each of the last 10 years, including those for domestic use and those that are publicly accessible, is provided below. The first Government funding for chargepoints was in 2010/11 under the Coalition Government. Chargepoint installations in 2015/16 will depend on demand for domestic chargepoints and the detail of new infrastructure schemes to be announced later this year. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><p> </p></ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010/11</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011/12</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012/13</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013/14</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">579</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,401</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">3,644</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">9,520</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">42,423</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">This question was inadvertently grouped with 2324.</ins></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 13:47:08 question first ministerially corrected 19/06/2015 11:17:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 5724 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1249320

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated for electric vehicle charging infrastructure to each local authority in England in each year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	112006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have received funding in excess of £95m from the Government for chargepoint infrastructure. The funding that has been allocated to each local authority in each year, for which figures are available, is detailed in the attached Excel spreadsheet.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there has also been £9.5m of funding allocated to Derby and Nottingham as part of their Future of Transport Zone plans. This funding will be used for seven e-mobility hubs, which will include charging infrastructure. These are based in neighbourhoods, depots and campuses across the two cities. The first tranche of this funding was delivered in 2019-20, with a further tranche in 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 10/11/2020 16:26:37 question first ministerially corrected 11/11/2020 14:29:35 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean attachment 1 file name Electric vehicle charging infrastructure - local authorities.xlsx title Electric vehicle charging - local authorities previous answer version 60294 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1540535

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote research into electric vehicle charging road technology; and what assessment he has made of that technology's potential environmental benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	82456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Government has committed £40 million in projects to support innovation in wireless and on-street electric vehicle charging technology.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">£10 million of this investment is supporting the trial of wireless charging technologies for taxis in Nottingham, enabling drivers to “top-up” charge while waiting for their next fare. This project considers whether wireless charging can deliver additional environmental benefits for heavily utilised electric vehicles, by reducing the need for large batteries or range extender engines.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Wireless charging has several other potential commercial and consumer benefits, including improved accessibility.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has committed £40 million in projects to support innovation in wireless and on-street electric vehicle charging technology</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">£10 million of this investment is supporting the trial of wireless charging technologies. This includes £3.4 million for charging taxis wirelessly in Nottingham, enabling drivers to “top-up” charge while waiting for their next fare. This project considers whether wireless charging can deliver additional environmental benefits for heavily utilised electric vehicles by reducing the need for large batteries or range extender engines</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Wireless charging potentially has several other commercial and consumer experience benefits, including improved accessibility.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/11/2022 13:56:39 question first ministerially corrected 07/12/2022 09:22:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 33766 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1137146

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse is for electric vehicle charging infrastructure through grants from the Office of Low Emissions Vehicles' in, (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	273824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the distribution of total costs to the public purse of all current charging infrastructure grants and competitions from the Office of Low Emissions Vehicles for the requested areas is set out below:</p><p> </p><p>Workplace Charging Scheme</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>a) Barnsley</p></td><td><p>b) South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>c) Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>d) UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£1,200</p></td><td><p>£1,200</p></td><td><p>£9,900</p></td><td><p>£101,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td><td><p>£23,700</p></td><td><p>£79,100</p></td><td><p>£742,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019*</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£15,500</p></td><td><p>£55,000</p></td><td><p>£449,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*figure for 2019 up to the start of April.</p><p> </p><p>Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>a) Barnsley</p></td><td><p>b) South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>c) Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>d) UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>£3,498</p></td><td><p>£9,738</p></td><td><p>£89,409</p></td><td><p>£1,407,563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£12,600</p></td><td><p>£95,900</p></td><td><p>£262,982</p></td><td><p>£3,924,383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£24,887</p></td><td><p>£122,887</p></td><td><p>£582,937</p></td><td><p>£7,458,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£22,500</p></td><td><p>£136,900</p></td><td><p>£678,732</p></td><td><p>£8,943,624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£31,000</p></td><td><p>£167,500</p></td><td><p>£758,799</p></td><td><p>£10,423,724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019*</p></td><td><p>£6,500</p></td><td><p>£28,000</p></td><td><p>£168,500</p></td><td><p>£2,360,240</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*figure for 2019 up to the start of April.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Competitions:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Barnsley: <strong>Total: £0</strong></p><ol><li><p>ULEV Taxi Infrastructure Scheme: Nil</p></li><li><p>Low Emission Bus Scheme: Nil</p></li><li><p>Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme: Nil</p></li><li><p>Go Ultra Low City Scheme: Nil</p><p> </p></li></ol></li><li><p>South Yorkshire: <strong>Total: £1.808m</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>ULEV Taxi Infrastructure Scheme: </strong></p></li></ol></li></ol><ul><li><p>Sheffield City Council awarded £488k.</p></li></ul><ol><ol><li><p><strong>Low Emission Bus Scheme: </strong></p></li></ol></ol><ul><li><p>Sheffield City Region Combined Authority awarded £1.32m;</p></li><li><p> </p></li></ul><ol><ol><li><p><strong>Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme: </strong>Nil</p></li><li><p><strong>Go Ultra Low City Scheme: </strong>Nil</p><p> </p></li></ol><li><p>Yorkshire and the Humber: <strong>Total: £12.755m</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>ULEV Taxi Infrastructure Scheme: </strong></p></li></ol></li></ol><ul><li><p>Sheffield City Council awarded £488k;</p></li><li><p>WYCA awarded £1.98m.</p></li></ul><ol><ol><li><p><strong>Low Emission Bus Scheme</strong>:</p></li></ol></ol><ul><li><p>City of York awarded £3.3m.</p></li><li><p>Sheffield City Region Combined Authority awarded £1.32m;</p></li><li><p>Transdev Blazefield awarded £2.25m.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) awarded £234k.</p></li></ul><ol><ol><li><p><strong>Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme: </strong></p></li></ol></ol><ul><li><p>First West Yorkshire awarded £1.75m;</p></li><li><p>WYCA awarded £617k;</p></li></ul><ol><ol><li><p><strong>Go Ultra Low City Scheme: </strong></p></li></ol></ol><ul><li><p>City of York awarded £816k.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ol><li><p>UK: <strong>Total: £160m</strong></p><ol><li><p>ULEV Taxi Infrastructure Scheme: £20.8m</p></li><li><p>Low Emission Bus Scheme: £42m</p></li><li><p>Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme: £48m</p></li><li><p>Go Ultra Low City Scheme: £40m</p></li><li><p>London chargepoint Scheme: £10m</p></li></ol></li></ol> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 12:44:41 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1137147

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much in grant funding the Government has made available through the on-street residential chargepoint grant scheme in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	273825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>No proposals have been received from, and therefore no awards have been made to, local authorities in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber under the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme to date.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has allocated grant funding through the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme in the UK in each year since 2010 as follows:</p><p>2016/17 - £1,000,000.00</p><p>2017/18 - £1,500,000.00</p><p>2018/19 - £2,000,000.00</p><p>2019/20 - £2,500,000.00</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/07/2019 15:39:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1137148

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total amount of funding through the Office of Low Emission Vehicles' workplace charging scheme was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	273826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) was introduced in 2017, whereby businesses, charities and public sector organisations can apply for grants to help roll-out chargepoints at workplaces. The estimated amount of funding awarded through the WCS, based upon the known number of grants for each of the requested areas, is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>a) Barnsley</p></td><td><p>b) South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>c) Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>d) UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£1,200</p></td><td><p>£1,200</p></td><td><p>£9,900</p></td><td><p>£101,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td><td><p>£23,700</p></td><td><p>£79,100</p></td><td><p>£742,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019*</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£15,500</p></td><td><p>£55,000</p></td><td><p>£449,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>*figure for 2019 up to the start of April.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/07/2019 13:05:42 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1137150

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) total number and (b) number of publicly available charge-points for electric vehicles there were in (i) Barnsley, (ii) South Yorkshire, and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	273828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>Figures on the total number and number of publicly available electric vehicle chargepoints are unavailable. Members of the public and businesses are able to install chargepoints without government support, and information on these are not routinely collected. As at 8<sup>th</sup> July 2019 the charging point platform Zap-map reports that there are 1,216 public chargepoint connectors available in Yorkshire and the Humber.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/07/2019 13:08:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1568038

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the increase in the cost of charging electric vehicles via the public charging network on drivers of those vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	126757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Industry statistics show that new UK electric vehicle sales overtook diesel sales in 2022, with over 1 in every 5 cars sold having a plug. It is clear that the public continue to realise the benefits of switching to electric vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of drivers of electric vehicles continue to benefit from significant savings on the cost of fuel. It is still cheaper to charge a vehicle on slow and fast public charge points than to fill up a petrol or diesel car, according to average industry statistics from November 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Charging at rapid and ultra-rapid public charge points is on average around the same or slightly more expensive than the cost of filling up a petrol car. However, relatively few drivers solely rely on these chargers for a large part of their charging demand.</p><p> </p><p>Charging a medium-sized electric car at home at rates equivalent to the electricity price cap from 1 October 2022 equates to around half the cost of filling up an equivalent petrol vehicle. Some suppliers continue to offer tariffs enabling drivers to run their electric vehicle at under 3p per mile, while charging overnight.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/01/2023 12:36:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1641481

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish statutory guidance for local authorities on public electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	187468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>A variety of tools and examples of best practice are available for local authorities to utilise through the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Support Body, which was appointed by the Government. This includes a ‘Knowledge Repository’,which provides local authorities with articles and guidance on electric vehicle infrastructure. This is available to all local authorities in England at no cost.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is currently working, with the Institute of Engineering and Technology, on guidance to aid local authorities as they plan their electric vehicle infrastructure. The guidance is expected to be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2023 10:47:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1641990

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that the Local EV Infrastructure fund will be utilised for charging hubs at local authority assets such as libraries and swimming pools.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	187778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Local EV Infrastructure Fund is designed to deliver a step change in the deployment of local charging infrastructure across England. Its primary focus is to support households without off-street parking to charge close to their homes, but local authorities have considerable direction in assembling successful bids.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/06/2023 08:24:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse