I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from the relevant departments across the council. Please may you provide me with the answers to the following questions:

1. What is the total number of all forms of vehicular transport operated by the council?
a) Total number of vehicles: 21
b) Of these how many are currently pure electric: 3

2. Can you advise of the number of Workplace Electric Vehicle (EV) chargepoints?
a) Already installed:14
b) Planned to be installed: 12

3. Can you advise how many workplace EV chargepoints are available?
a) for council fleet only: 2
b) for council owned fleet and employee-owned or leased vehicles: 14
c) for council owned fleet, employees and suppliers: 14
d) for visitors to council premises: 10

4. How was the EV chargepoint installation funded (please tick all that apply)?
• Grants (eg OZEV, Central Government, other)
• Own reserves/resources
• Partnership with private sector
• Partnership with other public sector organisation (for shared use)
• Other, please specify:
Own reserves/resources and Partnership with other public sector organisation (for shared use)

5. Have you applied for any government grants? Please advise of the number of applications and their outcome : Total Applications Successful Awaiting outcome
• Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS)
• Plug-in Grant
• Other fleet related grants/pilot schemes (please specify):
• N/A (no grant applications made)
Not applicable

6. Were these grant applications completed by: Total Applications Successful Awaiting outcome
• In house/council employee
• In house specifically recruited SME (subject matter expert)
• A partnership with another public body
• Outsourcing to specialist grant sourcing organisation
• N/A (no grant applications made)
Not applicable

7. What would you say are the barriers to utilising grant funding (please tick all that apply):
• Too difficult to access
• Not known about in time
• No specific business need
• No capacity or expertise in house to apply
• Other - please specify:
Other – time/ effort