Written question WQ98244

Welsh Government has not introduced any charging points directly, except at its own offices, but has provided a range of grant funding to local authorities since May 2021.

Ultra Low Emission Vehicle Transformation (ULEVT) grants totalling £32m have been awarded to local authorities in Wales since May 2021 to help them address gaps they have identified in local provision of public charging infrastructure.

We currently hold data on the overall number of electric vehicle charging sockets in Wales; however, these figures include infrastructure delivered entirely through private investment. Detailed reporting on funding sources has not historically been required, and local data is held inconsistently across operators and authorities. Work to produce clearer, more detailed information on charging points funded by the Welsh Government, the UK Government, and local or regional bodies, broken down by local authority, is planned for 2026–27

Welsh Government funding has been provided to Transport for Wales to install charging points on the strategic road network in areas where the private sector hadn’t invested to reduce range anxiety on key routes. Public charging points have also been installed on behalf of Transport for Wales at several railway stations on the core valley lines. Phase two of this stations project will see infrastructure installed in approximately 50 additional stations across the wider Wales and Borders network in the next few years.

In addition, Welsh Government Energy Service Grants have been awarded to local authorities to help them in their own decarbonisation journeys, and a proportion of the funding has been utilised on charging infrastructure.