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Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

Commons · Question 3445 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to public electric vehicle charging infrastructure by the time of the ban on new petrol and diesel cars in 2030.

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 2 Jun 2026

An estimate of potential future demand for charge points was originally published in 2022 in Taking Charge: the National Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy and ranged from 280,000 to 720,000 in 2030. This estimate was updated in 2024 to a r...