Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with manufacturers of electric vehicle charging stations on the potential merits of the inclusion of charging provisions for mobility scooters in stations produced.

The Department for Transport have not had any discussions with manufacturers of electric vehicle charging stations on the inclusion of charging provisions for mobility scooters.

The law states that Class 2 and Class 3 vehicles may only be used by a disabled person, or by a non-disabled person who is demonstrating a vehicle before sale, training a disabled user or taking the vehicle to or from a place for maintenance or repair. A disabled person in this context is someone with an injury, physical disability or medical condition which means that they are unable to walk or have difficulty in walking. It would therefore be impractical to have charge points which would require mobility scooters to be stationary for long periods leaving the disabled person confined to their mobility scooter when out and about.