Official Statistics

Grant schemes for electric vehicle charging statistics: 1 April 2026

Published 21 May 2026

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About this release

This release presents statistics on the number of installations funded and grant value awarded from grants provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the United Kingdom.

The data presented in this release is correct as of 1 April 2026.

Further information can be found in the about these statistics section.

The next quarterly report is scheduled for release in August 2026.

This report has been restructured for improved user relevance and to reflect changes to OZEV’s home and workplace grants portfolio.

Headline figures

As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom:

• home charging grant schemes have funded 410,081 installations since 2013, of which there were 11,762 in the last 12 months^{[footnote 1]}

• workplace charging grant schemes have funded 81,448 installations since 2016, of which there were 11,865 in the last 12 months^{[footnote 2]}

Home charging grant schemes

Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for renters and flat owners

The electric vehicle chargepoint grant for renters and flat owners provides electric vehicle (EV) drivers who are renters or own a flat with support towards the costs of the purchase and installation of EV charge points. Further information can be found on the electric vehicle chargepoint grant for renters and flat owners page.

 As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom, the electric vehicle chargepoint grant for renters and flat owners scheme has funded:

• the installation of 24,759 sockets, of which there were 10,648 in the last 12 months

• a total of £8.6 million for socket installations

Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for residential landlords

The electric vehicle chargepoint grant for residential landlords provides landlords with support towards the cost of the purchase and installation of electric vehicle chargepoints at residential properties. Further information can be found on the electric vehicle chargepoint grant for residential landlords page.

As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom, the electric vehicle chargepoint grant for residential landlords scheme has funded:

• 1,772 socket installations, of which there were 345 in the last 12 months

• a total of £631,861 for socket installations

Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for households with on-street parking

The electric vehicle chargepoint grant for households with on-street parking provides electric vehicle (EV) drivers with support towards the costs of the purchase and installation of EV chargepoints at residential properties when also installing a cross-pavement charging solution. Further information can be found on the electric vehicle chargepoint grant for households with on-street parking page

As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom, the electric vehicle chargepoint grant for households with on-street parking has funded:

• 48 socket installations, of which there were 28 in the last 12 months

• a total of £16,681 for socket installations

Workplace charging grant schemes

Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS)

The Workplace Charging Scheme provides support towards the costs of the purchase, installation and infrastructure of electric vehicle chargepoints at eligible places of work. Further information can be found on the Workplace Charging Scheme page

As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom, WCS has funded:

• a total of 69,439 socket installations since the scheme began in late 2016, of which there were 7,479 in the last 12 months

• £25.6 million for socket installations and supporting infrastructure

Chart 1: Total WCS-funded charging socket installations per 100,000 of the resident population, by country and region: United Kingdom, 1 April 2026 (EVCI5201)

Chart 1 is a horizontal bar chart showing the total number of charging socket installations funded through the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) per 100,000 of the resident population, by country and region. As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom:

• the East Midlands has the highest number of WCS-funded charging socket installations per 100,000 population, at 129.9

• London has the lowest number of WCS-funded charging socket installations per 100,000 people, at 48.1

Workplace Charging Scheme for state-funded education institutions

The Workplace Charging Scheme for state-funded education institutions is a separate grant of the Workplace Charging Scheme.

It helps state-funded schools and education institutions with the cost of buying and installing electric vehicle chargepoints. Further information can be found on Workplace Charging Scheme for state-funded education institutions page

As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom, the Workplace Charging Scheme for state-funded education institutions has funded:

• 5,411 socket installations in education institutions since the grant started in 2024, of which there were 3,122 in the last 12 months

• a total of £12.6 million for socket installations

NHS Chargepoint Accelerator Scheme (NCAS)

The NHS Chargepoint Accelerator Scheme is a government initiative to install onsite electric vehicle charging infrastructure across NHS Trusts, supporting the transition of NHS fleets to electric vehicles. A list of NHS England trusts that have been awarded funding under the NCAS can be found on the NHS Chargepoint Accelerator Scheme funding transparency data page.

Chart 2: Cumulative NCAS-reported charging socket installations by month: England as of 1 April 2026 (EVCI5301)

Chart 2 is a line chart which shows the cumulative number of charging sockets installations reported through the NHS Chargepoint Accelerator Scheme (NCAS) since the scheme went live in July 2025. As of 1 April 2026, in England, the NCAS has reported:

• the installation of 679 sockets since the scheme started in July 2025

• £5.8 million total spend to date for charging infrastructure projects at NHS sites

Grant schemes closed to new applications

On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS)

The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme closed to new applications in March 2025. Local authorities continue to provide data to OZEV for ongoing projects. Summary statistics for completed and ongoing projects are available in the EVCI data tables and continue to be updated quarterly.

ORCS projects are only counted as completed when all devices have been installed and final funding payments have been claimed by the local authority. As such, the total number of devices installed using ORCS funding could be larger than reported in completed projects, as those in partially completed projects are not included.

Further information about ORCS can be found on the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme guidance for local authorities page.

As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom, completed ORCS projects:

• represent 17,181 public charging devices installed across local authorities in the UK since the scheme’s launch in 2017

• received a grant value of £58.4 million

The following grants are closed to customer applications on 31 March 2026, the electric vehicle:

• infrastructure grant for staff and fleet

• infrastructure grant for residential landlords

• chargepoint grant for commercial landlords

For further information please refer to grants that closed to customer application 31 March 2026

Data from ongoing projects continue to be received, and figures on socket installations and grants are updated quarterly. Summary statistics for completed and ongoing socket installations are available in the EVCI data tables.

Electric vehicle infrastructure grant for staff and fleet

As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom, the electric vehicle chargepoint grant for staff and fleet has funded:

• 6,199 socket installations, of which there were 1,168 in the last 12 months

• £8.3 million for socket installations and supporting infrastructure

Electric vehicle infrastructure grant for residential landlords

As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom, the electric vehicle infrastructure grant for residential landlords has funded:

• the installation of 2,947 sockets, of which there were 741 in the last 12 months

• a total of £5.0 million for socket installations and supporting infrastructure

Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for commercial landlords

As of 1 April 2026, in the United Kingdom, the electric vehicle chargepoint grant for commercial landlords has funded:

• the installation of 399 sockets, of which there were 96 in the last 12 months

• £139,650 total for socket installations and supporting infrastructure

Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS)

The Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme provided grant funding towards the cost of installing electric vehicle charging devices at domestic properties across the UK from 2014 to 2022 and was replaced by the EVCG. Summary statistics for installed devices and associated grant funding are available in the historic tables section of the EVCI data tables page. The scheme is closed to new applications and these are the final statistics.

A total of 340,222 domestic charging device installations received funding in the United Kingdom under the EVHS, with a total grant value of £140.8 million.

Domestic Recharge Scheme (DRS)

The Domestic Recharge Scheme provided grant funding for private plug-in vehicle owners to offset the upfront cost of the purchase and installation of a dedicated recharging unit from 2013 to 2014 and was replaced by the EVHS. Summary statistics for installed devices and associated grant funding are available in the historic tables section of the EVCI data tables page. The scheme is closed to new applications and these are the final statistics.

The DRS funded 40,333 domestic charging device installations between 2013 and 2014, in the United Kingdom.

About these statistics

These statistics are released under the official statistics in development label. Official statistics in development are official statistics that are undergoing a development and are being tested with users, in line with the standards of trustworthiness, quality, and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Limitations

Quality

All summary statistics in this publication are derived from administrative databases. Grants can take several months to process and the most recent months are likely to be undercounted. Statistics for the latest months should therefore be treated as provisional.

Coverage

This publication series does not represent a complete summary of all grant schemes for electric vehicle charging infrastructure funded by OZEV. Grants are added to this series once the quality of sourced data has been assured and meets the standards of official statistics in development.

The total number of domestic and workplace charging devices installed in the UK is likely to be different to the figures provided in this report as:

• there is no requirement to register a privately funded charging device with the Government

• only approved models for EVCG and approved models for WCS are eligible for respective grant funding

• there are no means to determine if infrastructure installed under the schemes are still operational

Statistics for the following grant schemes are not currently published but are in development with publication expected in 2026:

• Depot Charging Grant

• Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund

Additional sources

The local authority administrative geographies are sourced from the ONS Geography Portal.

The most recent population figures are sourced from the ONS Population estimates for mid-year 2024.

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1. The total number of installations funded by home charging grant schemes is the sum of installations funded by the following current and historic schemes: Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for renters and flat owners, Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for residential landlords, Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for households with on-street parking, Electric vehicle infrastructure grant for residential landlords, Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) and Domestic Recharge Scheme (DRS). ↩

2. The total number of installations funded by workplace charging grant schemes is the sum of installations funded by the following current and historic schemes: Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS), Workplace Charging Scheme for state-funded education institutions, Electric vehicle infrastructure grant for staff and fleet, Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for commercial landlords. ↩