1. Council name
Wokingham Borough Council

2. Region
South East

3. What is your current budget for purchasing public EV charging points per annum?
2021/22: £300k set to increase in future years though dependant on funding availability and grants from central government (note this does not include those funded by projects and developments which are also being delivered in the borough in public spaces)
If you do not have a set yearly budget, please can you confirm how much money has been spent on purchasing EV charging points over the last 12 months?
Not applicable

4. What is your current budget for maintaining public EV charging points per annum?
£0 – we do not have a dedicated budget for this. Maintenance covered by initial multi year warranty and partnerships for service & repair.

5. What is the cost associated with buying a single public EV charging point? If costs can vary, please share an average or typical cost if known. Please include the total, including any OLEV funding.
This information is commercially sensitive due to negotiations with suppliers about cost.

6. What is the cost associated with maintaining a single public EV charging point per annum? Please include the total, including any OLEV funding.
This depends on any ongoing agreements with suppliers, is often covered by extended warranty and where they do not exist, through partnerships for service & repair.

7. How much government funding for public EV charging points have you received over the last 12 months? Please write “0” if none.
0 – bid for 2021/22 due to be submitted in next couple of months

8. What percentage of your annual budget for public EV charging points is funded by the government?
This year approx. 60%

9. How many new public EV charging points do you expect to see installed in your authority between now and end of year 2022?
Approx. 70
If you don't have a specific number planned, please respond with 'no specific number planned'

10. Do you have a plan in place for the installation of more public EV charging points through to 2025? If not, over what period of time do you have a roadmap for? If you don’t have a roadmap, please respond with “we don’t have any specific plan in place”.
No specific roadmap in place

11. Are you making specific plans for the installation of rapid public EV charging points by 2025? If so, what percentage of new public charging points will be rapid? In this case, ‘rapid’ means 43Kw or more.
Not yet.

12. In the last 12 months, have you received any complaints from constituents about the reliability, availability or number of EV charging points in your council?
General enquiries and perhaps 2 complaints regarding EV charge points which are out of service.