FOI request (FOI-83454966)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act from the Council.

Please note that any use of the phrase "On Street Charging Point" refers to the installation of charging points for electric vehicles in on-street locations with the primary purpose of being used by residents.

QUESTION 1

1) Has your council applied for funding from the government's 'On Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme'? (The scheme that is being run by OLEV and the Energy Saving Trust).

If your answer to question 1 is YES, please answer question 2:

QUESTION 2

2 a)   How much government money has your council been granted to date through the 'On Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme'?

2 b) How many on street charging points has your council installed to date, using funding from the 'On Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme'?

2 c) How many on street charging points had your council already installed before applying for the 'On Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme'? (to include any on street charging points that the council has installed to date without any government funding).

2 d) How many on street charging points in total does your council plan to have installed by the year 2020?

If your answer to question 1 is NO, please answer question 3:

QUESTION 3

3 a) Has your council installed any on street charging points to date? If so, please provide a figure of how many on street charging points you have installed.

3 b) Does your council have any future plans, or plans already underway, to apply for funding from the government's 'On Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme'?

3 c) Does your council have any plans to install any on street charging points in the future?

3 d) How many on street charging points in total does your council plan to have installed by the year 2020?

Please feel free to pass this email on to whoever is best placed to meet this request. If any clarification of this request is required please do not hesitate to contact me using the contact details below to discuss (rather than waiting until the end of the 20-day period).

If some parts of this request are more difficult to answer than others, or parts of this request exceed costs, please respond with a partial response, or release material as it becomes available, rather than hold up the entire request for the contested data.

I make this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My preferred format to receive this information is by electronic means. Please email your response to my email.

Many thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding, we have installed a new Freedom of Information system and have experienced a few problems.

Information not held 

On street parking is dealt with by East Sussex County, please visit their website for further information: www.eastsussex.gov.uk