Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 197502

Motorways: Charging Points

Tabled: 4 September 2023
Answered: 8 September 2023

Question

Catherine West

LabourHornsey and Friern Barnet

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of electric charging points on the motorway network.

Answer

Jesse Norman
Around 96% of motorway service areas in England have charging available. There are more than 450 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid and ultra-rapid chargepoints at motorway service areas across England.