Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to subsidise domestic and business-based charging points for high capacity battery electric cars; and if he will make a statement.

The Government already has in place a range of grant funding schemes to assist with the cost of installing dedicated domestic chargepoints in the homes of electric vehicle drivers as well as in workplaces, for the use of employees and fleets. Grant support also exists for Local Authorities to support the installation of chargepoints in residential areas without access to off-street parking. These grants are available to support chargepoints for all types of battery electric vehicles.