Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 99301

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

Tabled: 11 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Dr 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

Keir Mather

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...

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