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Police stations with electric vehicle charge points (1091A/22)

Request

The request relates to the number of electric vehicles in your fleet and how they are charged.

My questions are as follows:

  1. How many electric vehicles does your police force currently have in its fleet? Please break down by make/model and state how many of each there are.
  2. What was the total cost of purchasing these electric vehicles?
  3. How many police stations with vehicle facilities does your force have?
  4. How many of your police stations with vehicle facilities are equipped with electric vehicle charge points?
  5. How many of your police stations with vehicle facilities have electric vehicles stationed at them?
  6. How many of your police stations with vehicle facilities have both electric vehicle charge points fitted and electric vehicles stationed at them?
  7. What is the total number of electric vehicles charge points at police stations with vehicle facilities in your force’s area?
  8. Does your force have a policy for charging electric vehicles and, if so, what is it? For example, are these vehicles charged on-site at police stations or are public chargers used?

Response

Please see attached, however In respect of Question 2 – We can confirm that some relevant information is held by West Midlands Police. However, we are withholding that information since it is exempt by virtue of the following exemption

Section 43- Commercial Interests

These exemptions and explanatory notes are shown here:

https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/information-management/freedom-of-information/#freedom-of-information-exemptions

In line with the above, I am required to complete a Prejudice Test/Public Interest Test (PIT) on disclosure. Please find this PIT attached.

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