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Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

Commons · Question 99301 · Tabled 11 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2025

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Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered the potential impact of amending the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 to introduce a statutory minimum uptime for all publicly accessible charge points, including slow

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 17 Dec 2025

Since November 2024, the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 have required operators to achieve an average reliability of 99% across their network of rapid chargepoints of 50 kW and above. We continue to monitor the public charging network, the impact of...