FundingThe public money for UK EV charging: what each programme funds, who receives it, when it next takes applications and what is still to be bought.
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The public money for UK EV charging: what each programme funds, who receives it, when it next takes applications and what is still to be bought.
9 programmes · 4 closed
Chargepoints at places of work: up to 75% of the costs, at most £500 a socket and 40 sockets per applicant
£26.9m and 72,388 sockets since 2016 · Open until 31 March 2027, its final year
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles · UK-wide · Businesses, Councils · Source: GOV.UK
Chargepoints and civil works at fleet depots: in the first window, 70% of the costs, up to £1m across all sites
£170m from April 2026 to 2030; £66m across this year’s two windows · Not yet open: the second window was expected to open on 28 October 2026 and has not opened. The first closed on 30 June 2026.
Department for Transport · UK-wide · Businesses, Councils · Source: Find a grant
Public charging delivered with chargepoint operators, by regional partnerships of councils
£30m; seven partnerships of 30 councils · Fully allocated; delivery from autumn 2025
Transport Scotland · Scotland · Councils · 10 tenders · Source: Transport Scotland
On-street and residential chargepoints, and council staff to plan and deliver them
£343m capital to 80 authorities; £163m with authorities yet to award · Capital allocated; capability funding to 2028-29
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, with Energy Saving Trust · England · Councils · 173 LEVI tenders · Source: GOV.UK
Chargepoints for ambulances and NHS operational fleets
£7.94m to 62 trusts, 225 sites · Awarded July 2025
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles · England · NHS trusts · Source: GOV.UK
Zero emission buses and their charging
£45m in ScotZEB 3, subject to final grant awards, after over £103m in ScotZEB 1 and 2 · Closed to applications; ScotZEB 3 in delivery
Transport Scotland · Scotland · Businesses, Councils · Source: Transport Scotland
Council chargepoints, residential and hub charging
£6.16m to 14 councils in 2025-26; awarded each year · Awarded each year to councils; 2025-26 is the latest year published
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government · Wales · Councils · 3 tenders · Source: GOV.WALES
Zero emission buses and their depot charging
£414.1m to 41 authorities · ZEBRA 1 from 2021, ZEBRA 2 from 2023
Department for Transport · England · Bus authorities · 14 tenders · Source: GOV.UK
Zero emission HGVs with charging or hydrogen refuelling sites
£198.3m to four consortia · Winners announced October 2023
Department for Transport, with Innovate UK · UK-wide · Consortia · Source: GOV.UK
On-street residential chargepoints
£64.9m for completed projects; £12.8m for 30 still being completed · Closed to new applications in March 2024; projects still being completed have extensions, agreed case by case
Department for Transport · UK-wide · Councils · 24 tenders · Source: GOV.UK
Channels across the pavement so residents without a driveway charge at home
£25m; 102 authorities allocated, 83 paid · Closed; funding for 2025-26 paid to 83 authorities
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles · England · Councils · 3 tenders · Source: GOV.UK
Grid connections for ultra-rapid charging at motorway service areas
£70m pilot · Pilot from December 2023; its process evaluation was published on 8 September 2026
Department for Transport · England · Businesses · 1 tender · Source: GOV.UK
Rapid and fast chargepoints for taxis
£20.9m to 27 councils · Awarded 2017 and 2019
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles · UK-wide · Councils · 2 tenders · Source: GOV.UK
Figures are what each programme's own source states as funding or allocations.