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Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

Asked by Edward MorelloLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 19 March 2025UIN 38822

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fast charging points for electric vehicles are operational in West Dorset constituency.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Data on the number of public electric vehicle charging devices in the West Dorset constituency, provided by the electric vehicle charging platform Zapmap as of 1 January 2025, are given in the table below, categorised by standard speed groupings. Higher power devices can deliver charging at quicker speeds.

3kW up to 8kW

8kW to 49kW

50kW to 149kW

150kW and above

West Dorset constituency

30

47

28

2

Data on charging devices not available to the public installed under government grants are not available at parliamentary constituency level and so are excluded from this table.

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