Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many charging points for electric vehicles there are across the United Kingdom; and whether they have any proposals for increasing this number.

The Government has supported installation of 60,756 chargepoints for plug-in vehicles, including those for domestic use, in the last 10 years. A significant number of chargepoints are being installed without Government funding. Data on all public chargepoints is collected in the National Charge Point Registry.

This Government is aiming for almost every car and van to be a zero emission vehicle by 2050, and we have pledged £500 million over the next five years to achieve this. Further details of this investment will be announced in due course. The Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme is currently funding domestic chargepoints for ultra low emission vehicle motorists.