PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points (23 March 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department has provided to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council to increase the provision of electric vehicle charging points in that borough.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

The Government has various grant funding schemes to assist with the cost of buying and installing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

As of 1 January 2023 in Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, 2,178 charging devices had been installed at domestic properties through the Department’s Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS), with a total grant value of £882,259. In addition, 54 charging devices were installed at domestic properties through the Domestic Recharge Scheme, the predecessor to the EVHS. In workplaces, 211 sockets have also been installed through the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS), with a total grant value of £81,494.

Last year, the Secretary of State for Transport wrote to all UK local authorities to encourage them to engage with the upcoming Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund and the existing On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS). To date, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has not applied to the ORCS scheme.

Officials from the Department have since met with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council to discuss the LEVI Fund, which will provide resource and capital funding to councils in England to plan and deliver local charging infrastructure. In February 2023, Greater Manchester Combined Authority was allocated resource funding through the LEVI Fund to support EV infrastructure plans across the region. This includes working with their constituent authorities, such as Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.

Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
28 March 2023