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386487

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the latest statistics from the National Road Maintenance Condition Survey with regard to the maintenance state of (1) the motorway network, (2) the strategic road network under the care of the Highways Agency, and (3) the main road network maintained by local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer my noble Lord to my answer of 6 July (HL794) in the assessment made by Highways Agency, now Highways England, in relation to motorways and trunk roads.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport published road condition statistics in March 2015 based upon data reported by local highway authorities. These suggest that principal ‘A’ roads in England under the responsibility of local highway authorities are starting to show an improvement in condition. It is noteworthy that funding allocated to local highway authorities for local highways maintenance in the 2010-2015 Parliament was £1billion more than in the 2005 to 2010 Parliament. The Department for Transport also set out in December 2014 how it is allocating funding of just under £6 billion to local authorities in England, outside London, for highways maintenance between 2015 and 2021. This represents an increase of around 5% compared to the previous six year period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/07/2015 11:41:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1654956

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the condition of road infrastructure.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Goschen
	uin	HL9556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>In addition to the provision of over £5.5 billion of highways maintenance capital funding for local highways authorities in England over this Parliament, the Department works with all local highway authorities in England along with National Highways to assess road surface condition on a national level. This information is presented annually in “Road conditions in England to March 2022” published on GOV.UK. It includes surface condition, skidding resistance and highway maintenance treatments and expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working with the British Standards Institute and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new standard for assessing road condition. This will help authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes, and help drive innovation within the road monitoring sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/07/2023 15:00:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3602 label Biography information for Viscount Goschen

1646843

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they monitor whether local authorities are using funds provided by central Government for repairing potholes for that purpose.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL8733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) allocates capital funding to local highways authorities under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 (“the Act”) so that they can most effectively spend this funding on maintaining and improving their respective networks, based upon their local knowledge, circumstances, and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Section 31 grant funding is not ringfenced as set out in the Act; it is up to the highway authority how to spend this funding to fulfil its statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980. Local decision makers are democratically accountable for the decisions they take.</p><p> </p><p>DfT strongly encourages authorities to spend their allocations on highways maintenance activities and advocates a risk-based whole lifecycle asset management approach to local authority highways maintenance programmes. This considers all parts of the highway network, such as gulleys, bridges, cycleways, and lighting columns – and not just the fixing of potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 04/07/2023 11:25:58 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1640672

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are giving to local authorities to address accidents caused by pot holes.
	tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
	uin	HL8152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>In Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland responsibility for maintaining the highway rests with the respective devolved administration.</p><p> </p><p>In England, local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the public highway network in their area.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the capital highways maintenance funding provided by Government, the Department works with the highways sector to produce guidance and best practice and encourages good practice in local highways asset management. The Department endorses the UK Roads Leadership Group’s <em>‘Well Managed Highway Infrastructure: A Code of Practice’</em>. This provides guidance for highway authorities to consider when managing and maintaining the highways infrastructure assets for which they are responsible.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government commissioned <em>‘Potholes: a repair guide’</em>, published by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) in March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2022 Autumn Statement, the Chancellor confirmed the three-year settlement announced at Spending Review 2021: approximately £915 million capital funding per year for local highways maintenance for local highway authorities across England outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, at Budget 2023 the Chancellor announced an extra £200 million for highways maintenance for the 2023/24 financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/06/2023 10:36:04 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1626259

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what financial support they are providing to local authorities to improve road surfaces.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL7715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government is providing local highway authorities with a three-year funding settlement for local highway maintenance amounting to approximately £915 million of capital funding per year. This funding covers the financial years 2022/23 to 2024/25 and is for local highway authorities across England outside of London and the Mayoral Combined Authorities which receive separate funding.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this settlement, at Budget 2023 the Chancellor announced an extra £200 million for highways maintenance for the 2023/24 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Mayoral Combined Authorities are receiving City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements amounting to £5.7 billion over five years, which includes funding for maintenance for their local highway networks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/05/2023 10:57:02 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1453426

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the backlog of road repairs nationally; and what assessment they have made of the impact such repairs will have on (1) communities, and (2) the economy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL7194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland the responsibility for maintaining the highway rests with the respective devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>In England, National Highways is responsible for the strategic road network, that is motorways and major A roads. On the local road network local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government does not intervene in local highway maintenance decisions, we are providing over £2.7 billion funding for local highways maintenance for local authorities outside of London and City Region areas over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport encourages good practice in local highway maintenance for all local highway authorities and endorses the UK Roads Liaison Group’s Code of Practice on Well Managed Highway Infrastructure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 30/03/2022 15:34:24 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

884240

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support councils to repair road damage caused by the increased use of roads by heavy goods vehicles.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL6925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Potholes are a menace to all road users and the Government is taking the steps to help local highway authorities improve the condition of the roads for which they are responsible, including tackling potholes.</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, the Government is providing £296 million between 2016 and 2021 to local highway authorities in England, outside London, to help repair potholes and stop them forming.</p><p> </p><p>This funding is in addition to just under £6 billion which the Government is providing to local highway authorities for local highway maintenance in England, outside London between 2015 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport announced in January 2017 that it is undertaking an innovative trial on the way potholes are identified and managed, working in partnership with Thurrock, York and Wiltshire councils and two private sector SMEs, Soenecs and Gaist. This trial allows high-definition cameras to be mounted to refuse collection vehicles and by deploying innovative intelligent software will identify road surface problems before they become potholes. The trial recently won an award for the best use of new technology in the highways sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also announced in March 2018 that it is investing more than £900,000 in innovations using connected vehicles to help councils more efficiently manage and plan maintenance works.</p><p>These trials will ultimately help provide councils with data to enable them to repair potholes before they occur as well as maintain their other assets more effectively as part of their asset management plans. This will help prevent further potholes and other road defects occurring over time.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is also providing funding to the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) to work on technological and innovative improvements to future-proof the local road network.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 30/04/2018 13:03:49 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

717215

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance Survey published in March, whether they intend to review the highways maintenance funding formula allocations which have been established for the financial years to 2020–21.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL6516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport undertook a review of and consultation on the Highways Maintenance capital block grant formula in 2015. A data refresh will take place in consultation with local highway authorities in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport published its latest assessment, Road Conditions in England in March 2017. This assessment shows that local classified roads are improving, with fewer local roads needing to be considered for maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is making available over £6 billion to local highway authorities in England, outside London, between 2015 and 2021 for local highways maintenance. This includes £250 million from the Pothole Action Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/04/2017 12:14:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

834481

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the estimate made by the Local Government Association that it will cost £12 billion to bring roads in England “up to scratch”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL5287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for around 97.5% of all roads, by length, in England. The Department for Transport has made no assessment of the £12 billion estimate made by the Local Government Association. However, the report “Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation” published by HM Treasury in July 2015 included an estimate of the backlog of maintenance works on the local road network, at that time was between £4.3 billion and £8.6 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is providing over £6 billion to local highway authorities between 2015 and 2021, and the Official Statistics published in January 2018 on road condition show that our investment is making a difference. ‘A’ roads and ‘B’ and ‘C’ roads combined have seen a gradual improvement (i.e. fewer roads should have been considered for maintenance) in the last five years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/02/2018 14:18:11 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

806740

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which local authorities have so far been allocated funds from the Pothole Action Fund.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL4200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>To date the Department has allocated £120 million from the Pothole Action Fund to all the local highway authorities in England, outside London, with the exception of Birmingham, Sheffield and the Isle of Wight as they have operational highway maintenance Private Finance Initiative contracts. Details of this funding can be found in the announcements of 7 April 2016 and 13 January 2016 on the Department’s website (www.gov.uk).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/12/2017 13:20:32 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley