Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

(asked on 25th March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many grants and of what value have been made from the £30 million Depot Charging Scheme to businesses using (a) HGVs (b) coaches (c) other.


Answered by
Keir Mather Portrait
Keir Mather
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 15th April 2026

As part of the Depot Charging Scheme, launched in July 2025, 92 projects valued at £33 million have been awarded grant funding to support uptake of battery electric (BE) HGVs, vans and coaches by part-funding the installation of charging infrastructure at fleet depots.

These awards break down as follows:

  • 46 projects, totalling £20,078,966, include at least one eligible BE HGV;

  • 3 projects, totalling £1,164,582, include at least one BE coach;

  • 43 projects, totalling £11,701,679, do not include a BE HGV or coach.

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