TfL Ref: FOI-1970-1617

Thank you for your email received by us on 4 January 2017 asking for information about electric vehicles.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our Information Access Policy. I can confirm we do hold some of the information you requested. You asked:

I would like information about the funding for the Electric Vehicle Charging Points at Stanmore & Cockfosters London Underground Ltd Car parks and any conditions applied to the provision of any grants from the Office of Low Emissions Vehicles.

And details of all instructions given to National Car Parks to enforce the spaces for Electric Vehicles.

The charge points located in the Stanmore and Cockfosters Underground car parks were installed with a 75 per cent contribution from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) under the Plugged-in-Places (PiP) scheme, and a 25 per cent contribution from UK Power Networks Ltd.

The OLEV funding was administered by TfL (as Grant Recipient for the PiP Scheme) on behalf of OLEV and is governed by the attached OLEV funding agreement.

As there are no dedicated Electric Vehicle (EV) bays to date, NCP will continue to patrol the car parks for vehicles that have caused offence, i.e. non procurement of a parking ticket, illegal parking (i.e. across 2 bays) or any other contravention that doesn’t comply with the parking terms and conditions. At present, Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) will not be applied to cars that are not EV should they park in the EV bays, as these bays are allocated as dual usage for both EV and Non EV vehicles. However, we are currently addressing the dual usage of bays to dedicated bays.

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Yours sincerely,

Melissa Nichols

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London