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<p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the deployment of electric vehicle
(EV) charging infrastructure happens across all areas of the country.</p><p> </p><p>More
than 189 different local authorities across the UK, including those in rural areas,
have been awarded over £55 million funding through the On-Street Residential Chargepoint
Scheme which will see more than 14,000 chargepoints installed across the UK.</p><p>
</p><p>From 1 April 2022, the Government expanded the Workplace Charging Scheme to
support small accommodation businesses and charities to install chargepoints for their
guests and visitors. This should help provision more chargepoints in rural areas,
for example it should support places like village halls to provide chargepoints for
their communities.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the Government’s Local Electric Vehicle
Infrastructure Fund will address regional charging inequality and ensure no part of
the country is left behind. The Government has developed a data-led allocation model
to award the funding, which considers factors such as the level of rurality and the
number of vehicles without off-street parking within the local authority.</p><p> </p><p>The
majority of funding programmes for charging infrastructure are available on a UK wide
basis. Where public funding initiatives are planned for England only, corresponding
additions are usually allocated to the devolved administrations through Barnett consequentials.
It is then for those nations to decide how that funding should be spent.</p>
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