Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38270 by Fiona Hyslop on 17 June 2025, (a) how much and (b) what proportion of the total grant funding was provided to (i) public, (ii) private and (iii) third sector organisations.
As detailed in the response to question S6W-38270, Scottish Government has awarded over £65m funding to support investment in the ChargePlace Scotland network since 2011.
Of this, over £56 million (81.7%) has been provided through funding schemes for the public sector, principally local authorities.
In addition, over £7.3 million (10.7%) has been awarded through schemes operated by the Energy Saving Trust and specifically supporting public EV charging, these schemes specifically targeted private and third sectors but also included some limited support for the public sector. The information held on these schemes by the Energy Saving Trust does not enable the value of funding specific to each sector to be identified.
A further £5.2 million (7.6%) was awarded to Scottish Power Distribution PLC through Scottish Government’s Strategic Partnership with Scotland's electricity Distribution Network Operators. The EV charge points installed under this scheme were subsequently transferred to the ownership of North and South Lanarkshire Councils.