FOI 37-26: A request for information regarding EV Chargers at Parliament Buildings
Information Standards Freedom of Information Response
Our ref: FOI 37-26
19 August 2026
Freedom of Information Act 2000
I am writing to confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) has processed your request dated 11 and 12 June 2026 in line with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). In your request on 11 June 2026, you asked:
“…This is a follow-up to the FOI response ref no FOI 18-26.
The minutes of a meeting of the Assembly Commission in July 2021 read:
‘Mrs Hogg updated Members on electric vehicle charge points within the Stormont Estate and advised that the Secretariat Management Group had already agreed an action in the Assembly Commission’s Environmental Continuous Improvement Plan for 2021-22, to liaise with colleagues in the Stormont Estate Management Unit to assess the feasibility of providing further electric vehicle charging points in the Lower East car park.
"Action: Speaker to issue a response to Ms Ennis.’
Full details of the minutes are available here: https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/about-the-assembly/assembly-commission/minutes/08-july-2021
Therefore please disclose a copy of the following:
1. The Assembly Commission’s Environmental Continuous Improvement Plan for 2021-22.
2. Any other Environmental Continuous Improvement Plans for any of the years from 2014-15 to present inclusive.
3. The response issued by the Speaker to Sinead Ennis MLA as described above.
4. A record of any notes taken by officials (redacted where appropriate if necessary) in relation to the above discussion on EV chargers.
On 12 June 2026 you wrote to us again asking further questions on the same subject. We have combined these questions with your previous correspondence from 11 June 2026 and are answering both as one request, with the numbering of your requests for information adjusted accordingly. On 12 June 2026, you asked:
“…The minutes of a meeting of the Assembly Commission in October 2024 read:
Mrs Hogg advised that officials had provided updates on matters raised in relation to Parliament Buildings ... electric charging points..."
Full details of the minutes are available here: https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/about-the-assembly/assembly-commission/minutes/16-october-2024
Therefore please disclose a copy of the following:
5. The update(s) that officials provided in relation to electric charging points as described above.
6. A record of any notes taken by officials (redacted where appropriate if necessary) in relation to the above discussion on "Oral Questions – June 2024.”
Our response
1. The Assembly Commission’s Environmental Continuous Improvement Plan for 2021-22.
The Assembly Commission’s Environmental Continuous Improvement Plans for the period 2016 through to 2027 are attached at Appendix A.
2. Any other Environmental Continuous Improvement Plans for any of the years from 2014-15 to present inclusive.
The Assembly Commission’s Environmental Continuous Improvement Plans for the period 2016 through to 2027 are attached at Appendix A. No plan existed prior to 2016.
3. The response issued by the Speaker to Sinead Ennis MLA as described above.
Correspondence from the Speaker to Sinéad Ennis MLA is attached at Appendix B.
4. A record of any notes taken by officials (redacted where appropriate if necessary) in relation to the above discussion on EV chargers.
No records are held of any notes taken by officials in relation to the above discussion on EV chargers.
5. The update(s) that officials provided in relation to electric charging points as described above.
An extract from the Chief Executive’s report to the Assembly Commission concerning EV Charging Points, that went to the Assembly Commission meeting on 16 October 2024, is attached at Appendix C.
6. A record of any notes taken by officials (redacted where appropriate if necessary) in relation to the above discussion on "Oral Questions – June 2024.
No records are held of any notes taken by officials in relation to the above discussion on Oral Questions – June 2024.
Further Information
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Your request for information and our response may be published in the disclosure log maintained by the Assembly Commission under a publication scheme agreed with the ICO. The request and our response will be anonymised.
Yours sincerely,
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