Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public electric vehicle chargepoints have been installed but are not operational due to grid connection delays or other technical issues.

The Government does not hold a centralised figure on the number of public electric vehicle chargepoints that have been installed but are not yet operational due to grid connection delays or other technical issues.

In December 2024, the Government published the outcome of a review aimed at improving the grid connection process for EV charging infrastructure.

Since then, the Energy Networks Association has launched a Transport Decarbonisation Portal with guidance on grid connections, and the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles has collated and shared best practice from distribution network operators and chargepoint operators regarding energisation timeframes.

The Government will continue to monitor the effectiveness of these actions to determine whether further measures are needed.