Government Reports, Parliamentary Papers, and Think Tank and Industry Reports
How do we know what the government is trying to do when it comes to EV infrastructure? Who marks their homework? How do organisations outside of government assess the government's actions and their position?
This section is dedicated to compiling the numerous reports on EV infrastructure in the UK, for easy reference to the government's ideas and other ideas from other organisations.
This page involves political views, so it is important to be clear who has said what. For that reason, it is organised as follows:
- Government reports come first, labelled by the administration under which they were published
- Parliamentary reports follow, labelled by the group within parliament which published them
- Finally, reports by think tanks and industry bodies come last, labelled by the author
Government reports
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure on the strategic road network | Starmer administration, 11 July 2025
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure on the strategic road network - GOV.UKImproving the grid connection process for electric vehicle charging infrastructure | Starmer administration, 24 December 2024
Improving the grid connection process for electric vehicle charging infrastructure - GOV.UKCharging Ahead: Using location data to boot local EV chargepoint rollout | Sunak administration, 30 August 2023
Charging Ahead: Using location data to boost local EV chargepoint rollout - GOV.UKElectric vehicle smart charging action plan | Sunak administration, 18 January 2023
Electric vehicle smart charging action plan - GOV.UKOffice for Zero Emission Vehicles grant portfolio: retrospective evaluation | Johnson administration, 14 June 2022
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles grant portfolio: evaluation report - GOV.UKTaking charge: the electric vehicle infrastructure strategy | Johnson administration, 31 March 2022
UK electric vehicle infrastructure strategy - GOV.UKPublic electric vehicle charging infrastructure: drivers without access to off-street parking | Johnson administration, 25 March 2022
Public electric vehicle charging infrastructure: drivers without access to off-street parking - GOV.UK.BritainThinks conducted this research on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Government vision for the rapid chargepoint network in England | Johnson administration, 14 May 2020
Government vision for the rapid chargepoint network in England - GOV.UKReducing emissions from road transport: Road to Zero Strategy | May administration, 12 September 2018
Reducing emissions from road transport: Road to Zero Strategy - GOV.UKUptake of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles in the UK | Cameron Conservative administration, 13 August 2015
Ultra low emission vehicles: evidence review of uptake in the UK - GOV.UKSupport package for ultra low emission vehicles in the UK: 2015 to 2020 | Cameron coalition administration, 29 April 2014
Ultra low emission vehicles in the UK: measures to support use and development, 2015 to 2020 - GOV.UKLessons learnt from the Plugged-in-Places projects | Cameron coalition administration, 4 September 2013
Lessons learnt from the Plugged-in Places projects - GOV.UKParliamentary papers
Electric vehicles and infrastructure | House of Commons Research Briefing, 20 June 2025
Electric vehicles and infrastructure - House of Commons LibraryPublic charge points for electric vehicles | Committee of Public Accounts, 12 March 2025
Public charge points for electric vehiclesNote the similarity between this Committee of Public Accounts report and the National Audit Office report below which preceded it. Also, if you would rather watch a video than read a report, the Committee of Public Accounts held an oral evidence session on 20 January 2025.
Public chargepoints for electric vehicles | National Audit Office, 13 December 2024
Public chargepoints for electric vehicles - NAO reportGovernment response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee report 'EV Strategy: rapid recharge needed' | Sunak administration, 19 April 2024
committees.parliament.uk/publications/44339/documents/220433/default/EV strategy: rapid recharge needed | House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee, 6 February 2024
House of Lords - EV strategy: rapid recharge needed - Environment and Climate Change CommitteeThere is a useful In Focus summary of this report, the subsequent response by government, and changes by the Labour government 7 months after the report's publication here.
Reports by think tanks and industry bodies
Delivering Affordable Charging for all | ChargeUK, 17 September 2025
Delivering Affordable Charging for AllChargeUK are the industry body representing chargepoint operators.