Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of public electric vehicle charging points in towns.
Answered by Keir Mather
The Government is committed to accelerating the rollout of affordable and accessible charging infrastructure so that everyone, no matter where they live or work, can make the transition to an electric vehicle (EV). We closely monitor charge point rollout and regularly publish public charger statistics. As of 1 April 2026, 82.8% of public EV chargers in England and Wales were in urban areas, similar to the proportion of the population that live in urban areas (82.5%).
The Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund is expected to deliver another 100,000 public chargers close to people’s homes across England, while the £25 million EV Pavement Channels Grant will support residents without off-street parking to charge their vehicles at home.
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