Question reference: S6W-04625
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 24 November 2021
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Current status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 December 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many schools in (a) South Lanarkshire, (b) North Lanarkshire and (c) Falkirk have charging points for electric vehicles.
Answer
Over the past decade the Scottish Government has invested over £50 million in ChargePlace Scotland, investing ahead of need to create a publicly available network of EV charging infrastructure, which now consists of over 2000 charge points across Scotland.
It is for Local Authorities to determine local priorities and demand for charging infrastructure. Encompassing decisions such as required locations of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and the most appropriate charger type, when requesting funding support.
Through Transport Scotland funding initiatives, we have supported the following list of EV chargers for Falkirk Council.
- Bo’ness Academy (x1, commissioned)
- Denny High School (x1, commissioned)
- Falkirk High School (x1, commissioned)
- Grangemouth High School (x1, commissioned)
- Braes High School (x1, commissioned)
- Carron Grange High School (x2, commissioned)
- St Mungo’s High School (x1, commissioned)
Whilst Local Authorities have access to request funding from the Scottish Government to support the development of charging infrastructure; this is not a sole source of charge point provision, therefore other charge point installations could exist, which would be outside of our records.
To date North and South Lanarkshire have not requested funding from Transport Scotland for charging infrastructure to be installed at schools in their respective areas’.