Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 17 November (HL 3036), what measures they plan to take to encourage the provision of public charge points for electric vehicles in residential areas where there is a predominance of flats or terraced houses and parking provision is confined to public roads.

In October 2016 the Office for Low Emission Vehicles announced a £2.5m grant scheme to support the installation of chargepoints on public streets in residential areas where motorists do not have off-street parking. Applications will open to local authorities in the coming weeks.

This scheme will complement the existing Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme, which gives eligible plug-in vehicle drivers up to £500 off the costs of installation of a dedicated domestic chargepoint in a driveway or garage. This grant is available to electric vehicle owners who live in flats, as long as there is dedicated parking space.