Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that electric vehicle charging stations are accessible to disabled motorists.

The Government is committed to ensuring that all electric vehicle drivers can easily use public chargepoints. There are now over 53,600 available.

The Publicly Available Standard (PAS) 1899 provides specifications on designing and installing accessible chargepoints. It also considers chargepoints in the context of their wider built environment to ensure that the needs of other road and pavement users are reflected.

The Government is actively encouraging local authorities, and other relevant parties, to incorporate accessibility into their procurement models, especially as part of applications for the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund.

The Government will continue to monitor progress to assess whether further intervention is required, including through a 24-month review into implementation of PAS 1899.