Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how the £7 million committed from Transport Scotland’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund was allocated across the north of Scotland partnership responsible for migrating charging points, and whether it will provide a breakdown of the anticipated outcomes for each allocation of funding.
The North of Scotland partnership was awarded over £7 million from Scottish Government’s £30 million EV Infrastructure Fund to enable Highland, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City and Moray Councils to work with the private sector to invest in and operate public EV charging.
The funding award was based on a joint application, submitted by Highland Council as lead partner on behalf of all four local authorities. Funding was not awarded to each individual local authority, it was awarded to Highland Council on behalf of the partnership, which is underpinned by an Inter Authority Agreement. The anticipated outcome of the funding allocation is to apply a regional approach to expanding public EV charging infrastructure and leverage matched private sector investment to deliver 570 additional public charge points across these local authority areas.