AQW 19370/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 24/05/2021
Answered On Date: 07/06/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether Northern Ireland will benefit directly from Ofgem’s announcement to invest £300m in low carbon projects including EV charge points across the UK.

Answer:

Northern Ireland will not benefit directly from Ofgem’s recently announced £300m investment in low carbon projects, including EV charge points, as Ofgem is not the Northern Ireland regulator. I have, however, recently written to British Ministers to seek clarity on what funding will be provided to support the North in delivering greener, cleaner transport.

I am committed to supporting the transition to electric vehicles as part of wider transport decarbonisation work and to working in partnership with Executive colleagues and others across our islands to help deliver a change in the way we travel that also helps us to tackle the climate crisis.