FOI request (FOIR-547238043)

Electric Vehicles

Requested Fri 15 September 2023
Responded Fri 13 October 2023

I am writing to you to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. Does the council currently have a green fleet strategy for converting to EVs/low carbon vehicles?

2. Please state the total number of vehicles registered to your council fleet in 2021, 2022, and 2023 (YTD), and please state how many of these were electric (at the end of each year).

3. Please state how many electric vehicles the council currently has on order.

4. Please state the total number of electric vehicle charging points available in your council depots at the end of 2021, 2022, and 2023 (YTD).

5. Please state the total expenditure on electric vehicle charging infrastructure at the council's depots in 2021, 2022, and 2023 (YTD).

Response

1. No, but it does form part of our climate change strategy and corporate plan:

https://www.hastings.gov.uk/my-council/policies-strategies/climate-change-strategy/

2.

2021 - Nil

2022 - 2x electric cars, 5x electric vans, 33x total number

2023 - Nil

3. None

4.

2021 - 1

2022 - 6

2023 - 6

5.

2021/22 - Spend - £2,731

2022/23 - Spend - £8,050

2023/24 - Spend - Nil