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<p>The Government is supporting local authorities to deploy chargepoints for their
residents without access to off-street parking to ensure this is not a barrier to
drivers being able to realise the benefits of owning an EV. The On-Street Residential
Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) is available to all UK local authorities, and has so far
awarded funding to over 135 different local authorities, to install over 5,000 chargepoints.
This year, £20 million is available under this scheme to ensure more local authorities
and residents can benefit from the scheme.</p><p>A new Local EV Infrastructure fund
will be made available to local authorities later in the 2022-23 financial year, which
will facilitate the rollout of larger-scale chargepoint infrastructure projects across
England.</p><p>Drivers without off-street parking at home can also take advantage
of the Workplace Charging Scheme, which provides Government support of up to £350
towards the cost of installing a charge point socket for staff and fleet use, with
a maximum of 40 sockets available per business. To date over 8,000 businesses have
used this scheme to install over 19,000 chargepoint sockets. There are a growing number
of solutions for drivers without private parking, such as initiatives like community
charging, where those with personal chargepoints can share access with other residents.</p><p>The
Government’s forthcoming EV Infrastructure Strategy will define our vision for the
continued roll-out of a world-leading charging infrastructure network across the UK.
The strategy will focus on how we will unlock the chargepoint rollout needed to enable
the transition from early adoption to mass market uptake of EVs. We will set out our
next steps to address barriers to private investment, and level up charge point provision.
The strategy will clearly establish Government’s expectations for the roles and responsibilities
of key stakeholders in the planning and deployment of charging infrastructure alongside
how we will intervene to address the gaps between the current market status and our
vision, and how we will monitor progress.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p>
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