Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on supporting (a) public electric vehicle charging infrastructure and (b) off-street EV charging infrastructure in each of the last five years.
Figures detailing the funding spent through the Government’s various electric vehicle infrastructure schemes are show in the table below.
| 2021/22 YTD | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 |
EVHS and WCS | £29,297,000 | £25,962,000 | £13,248,000 | £13,323,000 | £10,316,000 |
ORCS, GULCSs and TAXI | £7,637,000 | £6,169,000 | £20,342,000 | £5,368,000 | £11,137,000 |
Total | £36,934,000 | £32,131,000 | £33,590,000 | £18,691,000 | £21,453,000 |
EVHS – Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme.
WCS – Workplace Charging Scheme.
ORCS – On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme.
GULCSs – Go Ultra Low City Schemes
TAXI – Taxi Infrastructure