Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) public confidence in the police force, and (2) the impact of public confidence in the police force on the proportion of crimes people report.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The latest available data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Crime Survey for England and Wales in the year ending March 2020 suggested that 74% of adults had confidence in their local police. Covid-19 has impacted the ONS’s ability to collect more recent data. Currently there is no national (England and Wales) data collected on confidence to report crime.
The Home Office will continue to work with bodies such as the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) to consider how best to support forces in collating data on confidence and making this publicly available.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) shortages of UK Border Force staff in Calais, and (2) the impact of any such shortages on delays to entry to the UK; and what (a) plans they have, and (b) timescale they have established, to address any such shortages.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
We understand it can be frustrating to have to wait to go through the UK border, but the safety and security of the public will always be our number one priority. There are many factors that influence wait times and we continue to work closely with port operators, industry partners and our French counterparts, to ensure officers are deployed flexibly and when required to meet demand and support passengers.
It is important to note that whilst it may appear that there are shortages of staff when queues form, Border Force resource is deployed not just to carry out essential checks at the border, but also to detect harmful goods and safeguard vulnerable and exploited individuals, which means that at times not all border control points will be open.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the reputational impact on England of poor highways maintenance and waste clearance when experienced by visitors arriving from abroad.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
On highway maintenance, the Department has committed National Highways to a set of performance targets on how it delivers a well maintained and resilient Strategic Road Network, which is made up of motorways and principal A-roads in England.
On the local road network, local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, as amended, to maintain the highways network in their area. The Act does not set out specific standards of maintenance, as it is for each individual local highway authority to assess which parts of its network are in need of repair and what standards should be applied, based upon their local knowledge and circumstances.
On waste clearance, Government’s Litter Strategy for England sets out a range of measures to reduce littering within a generation and sits alongside National Highways’ Litter Strategy which is informed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Code of practise on litter and refuse. It commits the organisation to improve the delivery and responsiveness of waste clearance activity as well as partnership working.
Street cleaning and litter picking on the local road network is covered by revenue funding provided by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to relevant Local Authorities.
The Government is aware of the importance of having high standards of maintenance and clearance of our highways can have on those travelling on our roads.
The Government also gains insight of road users' views via the Strategic Roads User Survey and has set a set of performance metrics that National Highways is committed to, to track its performance in maintaining and clearing the Strategic Road Network.
The Government has not given any specific consideration to France’s approach to highways maintenance and waste clearance by comparison with the UK.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given, if any, to the approach of France to highways maintenance and waste clearance by comparison with the UK; what lessons they have drawn from any such consideration; and what plans they have, if any, to apply any such lessons in future policy on highways maintenance and waste clearance.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
On highway maintenance, the Department has committed National Highways to a set of performance targets on how it delivers a well maintained and resilient Strategic Road Network, which is made up of motorways and principal A-roads in England.
On the local road network, local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, as amended, to maintain the highways network in their area. The Act does not set out specific standards of maintenance, as it is for each individual local highway authority to assess which parts of its network are in need of repair and what standards should be applied, based upon their local knowledge and circumstances.
On waste clearance, Government’s Litter Strategy for England sets out a range of measures to reduce littering within a generation and sits alongside National Highways’ Litter Strategy which is informed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Code of practise on litter and refuse. It commits the organisation to improve the delivery and responsiveness of waste clearance activity as well as partnership working.
Street cleaning and litter picking on the local road network is covered by revenue funding provided by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to relevant Local Authorities.
The Government is aware of the importance of having high standards of maintenance and clearance of our highways can have on those travelling on our roads.
The Government also gains insight of road users' views via the Strategic Roads User Survey and has set a set of performance metrics that National Highways is committed to, to track its performance in maintaining and clearing the Strategic Road Network.
The Government has not given any specific consideration to France’s approach to highways maintenance and waste clearance by comparison with the UK.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) primary, and (2) community, care services have been put out to tender in the past year.
Answered by Lord Kamall
The information requested is not collected centrally. The procurement of hospital, primary care and community services is undertaken at local trust and clinical commissioning group level.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS hospital services have been put out to procurement in the past year.
Answered by Lord Kamall
The information requested is not collected centrally. The procurement of hospital, primary care and community services is undertaken at local trust and clinical commissioning group level.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which Alternative Provider Medical Services primary care contracts have been found to be inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.
Answered by Lord Kamall
Currently, there are 142 practices registered and rated by the Care Quality Commission which hold an Alternative Provider Medical Services contract. Of these, there is one practice with a current overall rating of inadequate.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many electric car charging points there are in the House of Lords.
Answered by Lord Touhig
The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. There are currently no electric car charging points on the House of Lords estate. The Services Committee has been considering a proposal for the installation of charging points, the Clerk of the Parliaments as Accounting Officer has decided that the project does not offer value for money. The Services Committee endorsed this decision and has asked the Administration to consider alternative options for the provision of electric car charging for members.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the number of electric car charging points in each local authority, and (2) any geographical differences in levels of installation.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The number of public electric vehicle charging devices available at 1 October 2021 in each local authority of the UK, was as follows
Local Authority / Region | Total devices | per 100,000 population |
UNITED KINGDOM | 25,927 | 38.7 |
GREAT BRITAIN | 25,595 | 39.3 |
ENGLAND | 21,925 | 38.8 |
NORTH EAST | 916 | 34.2 |
County Durham | 124 | 23.3 |
Darlington | 31 | 28.9 |
Hartlepool | 11 | 11.7 |
Middlesbrough | 30 | 21.2 |
Northumberland | 186 | 57.4 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 34 | 24.8 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 85 | 43.1 |
Tyne and Wear (Met County) | 415 | 36.2 |
Gateshead | 66 | 32.7 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 124 | 40.4 |
North Tyneside | 47 | 22.5 |
South Tyneside | 30 | 19.9 |
Sunderland | 148 | 53.3 |
NORTH WEST | 1,725 | 23.4 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 31 | 20.7 |
Blackpool | 24 | 17.3 |
Cheshire East | 112 | 29.0 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 99 | 28.8 |
Halton | 17 | 13.1 |
Warrington | 89 | 42.5 |
Cumbria | 237 | 47.4 |
Allerdale | 19 | 19.4 |
Barrow-in-Furness | 9 | 13.5 |
Carlisle | 49 | 45.2 |
Copeland | 28 | 41.2 |
Eden | 45 | 83.7 |
South Lakeland | 87 | 82.9 |
Greater Manchester (Met County) | 447 | 15.7 |
Bolton | 24 | 8.3 |
Bury | 22 | 11.5 |
Manchester | 112 | 20.2 |
Oldham | 33 | 13.9 |
Rochdale | 27 | 12.1 |
Salford | 76 | 28.9 |
Stockport | 36 | 12.2 |
Tameside | 25 | 11.0 |
Trafford | 52 | 21.9 |
Wigan | 40 | 12.1 |
Lancashire | 409 | 33.3 |
Burnley | 24 | 26.9 |
Chorley | 46 | 38.7 |
Fylde | 16 | 19.7 |
Hyndburn | 21 | 25.9 |
Lancaster | 74 | 50.0 |
Pendle | 15 | 16.3 |
Preston | 53 | 36.8 |
Ribble Valley | 28 | 45.1 |
Rossendale | 15 | 21.0 |
South Ribble | 50 | 45.0 |
West Lancashire | 48 | 41.9 |
Wyre | 19 | 16.8 |
Merseyside (Met County) | 260 | 18.1 |
Knowsley | 20 | 13.1 |
Liverpool | 168 | 33.6 |
Sefton | 26 | 9.4 |
St. Helens | 22 | 12.1 |
Wirral | 24 | 7.4 |
YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER | 1,327 | 24.0 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 62 | 18.1 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 41 | 15.8 |
North East Lincolnshire | 24 | 15.1 |
North Lincolnshire | 25 | 14.5 |
York | 86 | 40.8 |
North Yorkshire | 216 | 34.8 |
Craven | 28 | 48.8 |
Hambleton | 36 | 39.2 |
Harrogate | 53 | 32.8 |
Richmondshire | 19 | 35.4 |
Ryedale | 50 | 89.9 |
Scarborough | 19 | 17.5 |
Selby | 11 | 12.0 |
South Yorkshire (Met County) | 301 | 21.3 |
Barnsley | 45 | 18.1 |
Doncaster | 57 | 18.2 |
Rotherham | 69 | 26.0 |
Sheffield | 130 | 22.1 |
West Yorkshire (Met County) | 572 | 24.4 |
Bradford | 108 | 19.9 |
Calderdale | 47 | 22.2 |
Kirklees | 63 | 14.3 |
Leeds | 289 | 36.2 |
Wakefield | 65 | 18.5 |
EAST MIDLANDS | 1,413 | 29.0 |
Derby | 65 | 25.3 |
Leicester | 79 | 22.3 |
North Northamptonshire | 92 | 26.3 |
Nottingham | 151 | 44.8 |
Rutland | 19 | 46.9 |
West Northamptonshire | 82 | 20.2 |
Derbyshire | 218 | 27.0 |
Amber Valley | 15 | 11.6 |
Bolsover | 39 | 48.0 |
Chesterfield | 55 | 52.4 |
Derbyshire Dales | 36 | 49.7 |
Erewash | 21 | 18.2 |
High Peak | 25 | 27.0 |
North East Derbyshire | 10 | 9.8 |
South Derbyshire | 17 | 15.5 |
Leicestershire | 224 | 31.4 |
Blaby | 48 | 47.1 |
Charnwood | 39 | 20.7 |
Harborough | 37 | 38.7 |
Hinckley and Bosworth | 42 | 37.0 |
Melton | 8 | 15.6 |
North West Leicestershire | 25 | 23.9 |
Oadby and Wigston | 25 | 43.6 |
Lincolnshire | 249 | 32.5 |
Boston | 45 | 63.5 |
East Lindsey | 52 | 36.6 |
Lincoln | 64 | 64.0 |
North Kesteven | 16 | 13.5 |
South Holland | 12 | 12.5 |
South Kesteven | 43 | 30.0 |
West Lindsey | 17 | 17.7 |
Nottinghamshire | 234 | 28.1 |
Ashfield | 23 | 17.9 |
Bassetlaw | 38 | 32.1 |
Broxtowe | 34 | 29.7 |
Gedling | 33 | 27.9 |
Mansfield | 27 | 24.7 |
Newark and Sherwood | 36 | 29.2 |
Rushcliffe | 43 | 35.4 |
WEST MIDLANDS | 1,723 | 28.9 |
Herefordshire, County of | 67 | 34.6 |
Shropshire | 70 | 21.5 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 37 | 14.4 |
Telford and Wrekin | 30 | 16.5 |
Staffordshire | 212 | 24.0 |
Cannock Chase | 24 | 23.6 |
East Staffordshire | 20 | 16.5 |
Lichfield | 17 | 16.1 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | 41 | 31.6 |
South Staffordshire | 48 | 42.7 |
Stafford | 42 | 30.5 |
Staffordshire Moorlands | 9 | 9.1 |
Tamworth | 11 | 14.3 |
Warwickshire | 252 | 43.2 |
North Warwickshire | 33 | 50.4 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth | 21 | 16.1 |
Rugby | 53 | 47.9 |
Stratford-on-Avon | 77 | 58.2 |
Warwick | 68 | 46.9 |
West Midlands (Met County) | 904 | 30.7 |
Birmingham | 154 | 13.5 |
Coventry | 481 | 126.8 |
Dudley | 38 | 11.8 |
Sandwell | 37 | 11.2 |
Solihull | 119 | 54.7 |
Walsall | 24 | 8.4 |
Wolverhampton | 51 | 19.3 |
Worcestershire | 151 | 25.2 |
Bromsgrove | 42 | 41.8 |
Malvern Hills | 10 | 12.6 |
Redditch | 12 | 14.0 |
Worcester | 29 | 28.9 |
Wychavon | 43 | 32.8 |
Wyre Forest | 15 | 14.8 |
EAST OF ENGLAND | 1,667 | 26.6 |
Bedford | 102 | 58.4 |
Central Bedfordshire | 46 | 15.6 |
Luton | 52 | 24.4 |
Peterborough | 66 | 32.6 |
Southend-on-Sea | 16 | 8.8 |
Thurrock | 19 | 10.8 |
Cambridgeshire | 172 | 26.2 |
Cambridge | 56 | 44.8 |
East Cambridgeshire | 20 | 22.2 |
Fenland | 5 | 4.9 |
Huntingdonshire | 46 | 25.7 |
South Cambridgeshire | 45 | 28.0 |
Essex | 330 | 22.0 |
Basildon | 58 | 30.9 |
Braintree | 71 | 46.4 |
Brentwood | 7 | 9.1 |
Castle Point | 3 | 3.3 |
Chelmsford | 37 | 20.6 |
Colchester | 45 | 22.8 |
Epping Forest | 35 | 26.5 |
Harlow | 12 | 13.7 |
Maldon | 9 | 13.8 |
Rochford | 15 | 17.1 |
Tendring | 16 | 10.9 |
Uttlesford | 22 | 23.7 |
Hertfordshire | 323 | 27.0 |
Broxbourne | 18 | 18.4 |
Dacorum | 23 | 14.8 |
East Hertfordshire | 17 | 11.2 |
Hertsmere | 28 | 26.5 |
North Hertfordshire | 29 | 21.7 |
St Albans | 40 | 26.8 |
Stevenage | 9 | 10.2 |
Three Rivers | 59 | 62.8 |
Watford | 47 | 48.6 |
Welwyn Hatfield | 53 | 42.8 |
Norfolk | 298 | 32.6 |
Breckland | 41 | 29.0 |
Broadland | 20 | 15.2 |
Great Yarmouth | 32 | 32.3 |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 53 | 35.0 |
North Norfolk | 66 | 62.8 |
Norwich | 52 | 36.6 |
South Norfolk | 34 | 23.8 |
Suffolk | 243 | 31.9 |
Babergh | 23 | 24.8 |
East Suffolk | 62 | 24.8 |
Ipswich | 55 | 40.4 |
Mid Suffolk | 18 | 17.2 |
West Suffolk | 85 | 47.9 |
LONDON | 7,865 | 87.4 |
Inner London | 4,943 | 135.0 |
Camden | 373 | 133.4 |
City of London | 36 | 329.1 |
Hackney | 139 | 49.5 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 580 | 316.0 |
Haringey | 92 | 34.5 |
Islington | 286 | 115.3 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 547 | 348.7 |
Lambeth | 307 | 95.4 |
Lewisham | 132 | 43.2 |
Newham | 153 | 43.1 |
Southwark | 390 | 121.9 |
Tower Hamlets | 190 | 57.2 |
Wandsworth | 623 | 188.9 |
Westminster | 1095 | 405.8 |
Outer London | 2,922 | 54.7 |
Barking and Dagenham | 64 | 29.9 |
Barnet | 210 | 52.6 |
Bexley | 45 | 18.1 |
Brent | 237 | 72.3 |
Bromley | 86 | 25.8 |
Croydon | 100 | 25.7 |
Ealing | 280 | 82.3 |
Enfield | 125 | 37.5 |
Greenwich | 257 | 88.9 |
Harrow | 49 | 19.4 |
Havering | 31 | 11.9 |
Hillingdon | 198 | 64.1 |
Hounslow | 282 | 103.8 |
Kingston upon Thames | 96 | 53.6 |
Merton | 199 | 96.4 |
Redbridge | 75 | 24.5 |
Richmond upon Thames | 354 | 178.7 |
Sutton | 51 | 24.6 |
Waltham Forest | 183 | 66.1 |
SOUTH EAST | 3,416 | 37.1 |
Bracknell Forest | 36 | 29.0 |
Brighton and Hove | 345 | 118.3 |
Isle of Wight | 51 | 35.8 |
Medway | 17 | 6.1 |
Milton Keynes | 372 | 137.7 |
Portsmouth | 72 | 33.5 |
Reading | 62 | 38.7 |
Slough | 68 | 45.5 |
Southampton | 87 | 34.4 |
West Berkshire | 108 | 68.2 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 40 | 26.4 |
Wokingham | 70 | 40.2 |
Buckinghamshire | 165 | 30.2 |
East Sussex | 115 | 20.6 |
Eastbourne | 36 | 34.8 |
Hastings | 15 | 16.2 |
Lewes | 24 | 23.2 |
Rother | 13 | 13.4 |
Wealden | 27 | 16.6 |
Hampshire | 523 | 37.6 |
Basingstoke and Deane | 83 | 46.7 |
East Hampshire | 37 | 29.9 |
Eastleigh | 58 | 42.8 |
Fareham | 12 | 10.3 |
Gosport | 11 | 13.0 |
Hart | 47 | 48.2 |
Havant | 27 | 21.4 |
New Forest | 80 | 44.5 |
Rushmoor | 35 | 37.1 |
Test Valley | 42 | 33.0 |
Winchester | 91 | 72.3 |
Kent | 425 | 26.7 |
Ashford | 32 | 24.4 |
Canterbury | 65 | 39.0 |
Dartford | 35 | 30.7 |
Dover | 31 | 26.2 |
Folkestone and Hythe | 31 | 27.4 |
Gravesham | 10 | 9.4 |
Maidstone | 64 | 37.0 |
Sevenoaks | 29 | 23.9 |
Swale | 37 | 24.5 |
Thanet | 26 | 18.4 |
Tonbridge and Malling | 20 | 15.1 |
Tunbridge Wells | 45 | 37.8 |
Oxfordshire | 310 | 44.5 |
Cherwell | 97 | 63.9 |
Oxford | 105 | 69.3 |
South Oxfordshire | 45 | 31.3 |
Vale of White Horse | 43 | 31.2 |
West Oxfordshire | 20 | 17.9 |
Surrey | 339 | 28.3 |
Elmbridge | 38 | 27.7 |
Epsom and Ewell | 17 | 21.0 |
Guildford | 58 | 38.6 |
Mole Valley | 21 | 24.0 |
Reigate and Banstead | 29 | 19.4 |
Runnymede | 36 | 39.9 |
Spelthorne | 46 | 46.1 |
Surrey Heath | 26 | 29.1 |
Tandridge | 15 | 16.9 |
Waverley | 34 | 26.9 |
Woking | 19 | 19.0 |
West Sussex | 211 | 24.3 |
Adur | 10 | 15.6 |
Arun | 27 | 16.8 |
Chichester | 55 | 45.3 |
Crawley | 41 | 36.5 |
Horsham | 29 | 19.9 |
Mid Sussex | 36 | 23.7 |
Worthing | 13 | 11.7 |
SOUTH WEST | 1,873 | 33.1 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 68 | 34.6 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 82 | 20.7 |
Bristol, City of | 123 | 26.4 |
Cornwall | 276 | 48.1 |
Dorset | 123 | 32.4 |
Isles of Scilly | 0 | 0.0 |
North Somerset | 90 | 41.7 |
Plymouth | 74 | 28.2 |
South Gloucestershire | 119 | 41.3 |
Swindon | 47 | 21.1 |
Torbay | 26 | 19.1 |
Wiltshire | 167 | 33.1 |
Devon | 301 | 37.1 |
East Devon | 64 | 43.2 |
Exeter | 49 | 36.8 |
Mid Devon | 27 | 32.4 |
North Devon | 51 | 52.0 |
South Hams | 33 | 37.5 |
Teignbridge | 25 | 18.5 |
Torridge | 24 | 34.9 |
West Devon | 28 | 49.9 |
Gloucestershire | 210 | 32.8 |
Cheltenham | 34 | 29.3 |
Cotswold | 59 | 65.4 |
Forest of Dean | 15 | 17.2 |
Gloucester | 38 | 29.3 |
Stroud | 43 | 35.6 |
Tewkesbury | 21 | 21.7 |
Somerset | 167 | 29.6 |
Mendip | 38 | 32.7 |
Sedgemoor | 33 | 26.7 |
Somerset West and Taunton | 47 | 30.2 |
South Somerset | 49 | 29.0 |
WALES | 994 | 31.4 |
Isle of Anglesey | 55 | 78.1 |
Gwynedd | 81 | 64.7 |
Conwy | 45 | 38.1 |
Denbighshire | 19 | 19.7 |
Flintshire | 34 | 21.7 |
Wrexham | 35 | 25.7 |
Powys | 89 | 66.9 |
Ceredigion | 42 | 57.6 |
Pembrokeshire | 108 | 85.2 |
Carmarthenshire | 74 | 38.9 |
Swansea | 57 | 23.1 |
Neath Port Talbot | 12 | 8.3 |
Bridgend | 27 | 18.3 |
The Vale of Glamorgan | 26 | 19.2 |
Cardiff | 75 | 20.3 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf | 18 | 7.4 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 7 | 11.6 |
Caerphilly | 39 | 21.5 |
Blaenau Gwent | 18 | 25.7 |
Torfaen | 28 | 29.5 |
Monmouthshire | 53 | 55.7 |
Newport | 52 | 33.2 |
SCOTLAND | 2,676 | 49.0 |
Aberdeen City | 99 | 43.2 |
Aberdeenshire | 106 | 40.6 |
Angus | 75 | 64.8 |
Argyll & Bute | 86 | 100.7 |
City of Edinburgh | 146 | 27.7 |
Clackmannanshire | 23 | 44.8 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 102 | 68.8 |
Dundee City | 127 | 85.3 |
East Ayrshire | 67 | 55.1 |
East Dunbartonshire | 25 | 23.0 |
East Lothian | 123 | 114.0 |
East Renfrewshire | 24 | 25.0 |
Falkirk | 53 | 33.0 |
Fife | 114 | 30.5 |
Glasgow City | 203 | 31.9 |
Highland | 224 | 95.1 |
Inverclyde | 34 | 44.1 |
Midlothian | 60 | 64.4 |
Moray | 46 | 48.1 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 28 | 105.7 |
North Ayrshire | 50 | 37.2 |
North Lanarkshire | 165 | 48.4 |
Orkney Islands | 40 | 178.6 |
Perth & Kinross | 121 | 79.7 |
Renfrewshire | 71 | 39.6 |
Scottish Borders | 51 | 44.3 |
Shetland Islands | 21 | 91.8 |
South Ayrshire | 57 | 50.8 |
South Lanarkshire | 148 | 46.1 |
Stirling | 115 | 122.2 |
West Dunbartonshire | 26 | 29.4 |
West Lothian | 46 | 25.0 |
NORTHERN IRELAND | 332 | 17.5 |
Antrim and Newtownabbey | 37 | 25.7 |
Ards and North Down | 19 | 11.7 |
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 31 | 14.3 |
Belfast | 53 | 15.5 |
Causeway Coast and Glens | 31 | 21.4 |
Derry City and Strabane | 27 | 17.9 |
Fermanagh and Omagh | 38 | 32.4 |
Lisburn and Castlereagh | 17 | 11.6 |
Mid and East Antrim | 24 | 17.2 |
Mid Ulster | 24 | 16.1 |
Newry, Mourne and Down | 31 | 17.1 |
The Government is supporting all local authorities in the UK to provide public chargepoints for their residents without access to private parking through the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme. This year, £20 million is available under the scheme to ensure more local authorities and residents can benefit.
In addition to grant funding, 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 across all areas of the UK.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of practical challenges of increasing the number of electric car charging points.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The UK has been a global front-runner in supporting provision of charging infrastructure along with private sector investment. Our vision is to have one of the best infrastructure networks in the world for electric vehicles (EVs), and we want chargepoints to be accessible, affordable and secure.
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, level up charge point provision, and regulate to protect consumers. The strategy will clearly establish government’s expectations for the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the planning and deployment of charging infrastructure.
Building on the £1.9 billion from Spending Review 2020, the Government has committed an additional £620 million to support the transition to electric vehicles. The additional funding will support the rollout of charging infrastructure, with a particular focus on local on street residential charging which has already seen £20 million committed this financial year, and targeted plug-in vehicle grants. The total funding committed by this government to vehicle grants and infrastructure is £2.5 billion.