Charging Points for Electric Vehicles

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 2:15 pm on 7 February 2018.

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Photo of Ken Skates Ken Skates Labour 2:15, 7 February 2018

Diolch yn fawr iawn. I'd absolutely agree that, whilst we have charging points not in abundance but certainly there are plenty of them along the M4 corridor and the A55, in between it's a barren land insofar as public access to electric charging points is concerned. Simon Thomas is absolutely right that whilst the available funding may only be £2 million, we can use it in a way that draws in match funding and therefore rolls out more electric charging points. We'll be looking at how we can lever in funding from the private framework supplier on a 50:50 basis. With the availability of this funding, it will give local authorities, I think, excellent bargaining power to get good profit-sharing deals and control over price setting, for example. It's my view that the £2 million will also enable us to establish a standard, Wales branded, EV charging specification. It will also allow us to create an EV charging procurement framework, which can then be utilised longer term as well. It's an exciting policy agenda and I'm pleased that we're able to take forward this particular area of work together.