what plans it has to support and encourage the installation of electric vehicle (a) charging facilities and (b) lamp post charging access.

As set out in the Programme for Government, we plan to expand our electric charging infrastructure between now and 2022. This is one of a number of actions to meet the target to phase out the need for petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2032. Over the coming months we will set out our future plans to support and encourage EV installations. This will include considering charging options for EV drivers who do not have access to home charging, which could include lamp post charging. As project partners in the Ruggedised smart cities project ( www.ruggedised.eu ), Transport Scotland and Glasgow City Council are already looking at intelligent LED street lights with integrated electric charging functionality to solve the on-street charging issue.