Electric Vehicle Transition Strategy and Charging Points - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Electric Vehicle Transition Strategy and Charging Points
FOI Number: 195
Date Received: 17/02/2022
Type of Request: EIR
Request or Question: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. Does your authority have an electric vehicle charging transition strategy (or equivalent)?
2. Have you published this strategy? If so, please provide a link to or copy of the document.

3. How many public electric vehicle chargers have been installed within your authority’s jurisdiction?

4. How many electric vehicle chargers have been installed within your authority’s jurisdiction in each of the last three years (2019, 2020, 2021)?

5. How many electric vehicle chargers do you intend to be installed within your authority’s jurisdiction in each of the next three years (2022, 2023, 2024)?

I would like to receive this information in electronic format, if possible.

[Background information: The UK Government are committed to phasing out new Petrol and Diesel vehicles by 2030. However, there are real concerns that not enough resource is being provided to ensure there is a public charging infrastructure that will be able to support the level of demand from electric vehicles that policy would entail. These requests are aimed at achieving a better understanding of where individual authorities are at in their efforts to provide public charging infrastructure within their jurisdictions.]
Response: 1. No
2. N/A as there is no strategy at the moment.
3. There are currently 18 active and 9 in the process of being replaced/installed.
4. 18/19 – 1
19/20 – 3
20/21 – 4
(Public facing chargers only)
5. 2022 – No information available to date.
2023 – No Information available to date.
2024 – No information available to date.