questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to questions 176 to 178 of the oral evidence given to the Transport Committee on 29 April 2026, HC 1593, on Supercharging the EV transition, how many petrol pumps there are in the UK; and how many and what proportion of public EV charging points are capable of delivering an 80 per cent charge in less than 20 minutes to a vehicle capable of receiving the maximum charge.
answerText: The Department for Transport has produced an estimate of 60,802 for the number of fuel pumps using available industry data. The methodology is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comparing-fuel-pumps-to-electric-vehicle-public-charger...
heading: Electric Vehicles: Charging Points