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1686514

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	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 (1) the condition of the road network in England, particularly with regard to potholes, and (2) the efficacy of measures designed to address such road maintenance issues.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL2090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2091 HL2092 HL2093 HL2094 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1686515

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	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 sums they have provided for the purposes of road maintenance to (1) Oxfordshire, and (2) Gloucestershire, county councils in the most recent financial year for which figures are available; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which this money has actually been spent on road maintenance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL2091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2090 HL2092 HL2093 HL2094 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1686541

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	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 is their estimate of the percentage of the road network in England that is a danger to motorists as a result of inadequate road surface maintenance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL2092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2090 HL2091 HL2093 HL2094 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1686542

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	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 costs to motorists arising from potholes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL2093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2090 HL2091 HL2092 HL2094 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1686543

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	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 efficacy of local authority processes whereby motorists claim for vehicular damage arising from a lack of adequate road surface maintenance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL2094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2090 HL2091 HL2092 HL2093 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1675246

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press notice entitled £8 billion boost to repair roads and back drivers, published on 17 November 2023, what proportion of the UK's road length will be resurfaced using the announced funding.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	5008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>Across England, local highway authorities are receiving an additional £150 million this financial year as the first instalment of the £8.3 billion roads resurfacing fund through Network North.</p><p>This is in addition to the £915 million baseline funding for 2023/24 for those English highway authorities which are outside London and outside the Mayoral Combined Authority areas in receipt of City Region Sustainable Settlements, for whom separate arrangements apply. It is also in addition to the £200 million increase for the 2023/24 financial year that was announced at Budget 2023.</p><p>All eligible highway authorities in England will receive a further uplift from the additional £150 million that is also being provided in 2024/2025. Further details of how the rest of the £8.3 billion will be allocated will be announced in due course, this is anticipated to take place at a future Spending Review.</p><p>The tables below provide confirmed funding levels for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025, and the indicative minimum additional funding allocations between 2023 to 2024 and 2033 to 2034 inclusive.</p><p>Local Authority allocations:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local authority</p></td><td><p>Current baseline allocation per year (HMB + Pothole Fund) (£000)</p></td><td><p>2023-24 – additional funding (£000)</p></td><td><p>2024-25 – additional funding (£000)</p></td><td><p>Minimum additional overall uplift between 2023-24 and 2033-34 (£000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>3,728</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>14,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td><td><p>2,408</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>20,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>1,501</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>12,727</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole</p></td><td><p>4,786</p></td><td><p>604</p></td><td><p>604</p></td><td><p>18,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>2,124</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>8,391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td><p>3,274</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>12,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>13,111</p></td><td><p>1,654</p></td><td><p>1,654</p></td><td><p>51,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>5,564</p></td><td><p>702</p></td><td><p>702</p></td><td><p>21,983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>13,048</p></td><td><p>1,658</p></td><td><p>1,658</p></td><td><p>110,731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>9,929</p></td><td><p>1,262</p></td><td><p>1,262</p></td><td><p>84,257</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>28,325</p></td><td><p>3,573</p></td><td><p>3,573</p></td><td><p>111,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Durham</p></td><td><p>14,841</p></td><td><p>1,886</p></td><td><p>1,886</p></td><td><p>125,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumberland</p></td><td><p>15,339</p></td><td><p>1,949</p></td><td><p>1,949</p></td><td><p>130,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>2,765</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td><p>20,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>23,699</p></td><td><p>3,014</p></td><td><p>3,014</p></td><td><p>176,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>52,823</p></td><td><p>6,663</p></td><td><p>6,663</p></td><td><p>208,657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>16,391</p></td><td><p>2,068</p></td><td><p>2,068</p></td><td><p>64,749</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>13,793</p></td><td><p>1,753</p></td><td><p>1,753</p></td><td><p>117,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>13,275</p></td><td><p>1,674</p></td><td><p>1,674</p></td><td><p>52,432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>30,685</p></td><td><p>3,870</p></td><td><p>3,870</p></td><td><p>121,205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>3,420</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>29,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>22,266</p></td><td><p>2,809</p></td><td><p>2,809</p></td><td><p>87,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>33,493</p></td><td><p>4,225</p></td><td><p>4,225</p></td><td><p>132,297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire, County of</p></td><td><p>14,389</p></td><td><p>1,830</p></td><td><p>1,830</p></td><td><p>106,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>22,230</p></td><td><p>2,804</p></td><td><p>2,804</p></td><td><p>87,813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>None – private financial initiative (PFI)</p></td><td><p>None – PFI</p></td><td><p>None – PFI</p></td><td><p>None – PFI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>None – separate funding arrangement</p></td><td><p>None – separate funding arrangement</p></td><td><p>None – separate funding arrangement</p></td><td><p>None – separate funding arrangement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>34,058</p></td><td><p>4,296</p></td><td><p>4,296</p></td><td><p>134,531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull, City of</p></td><td><p>2,810</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>23,855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>28,811</p></td><td><p>3,661</p></td><td><p>3,661</p></td><td><p>244,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>3,262</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>24,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>17,755</p></td><td><p>2,258</p></td><td><p>2,258</p></td><td><p>131,939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>38,723</p></td><td><p>4,924</p></td><td><p>4,924</p></td><td><p>287,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>None – separate funding arrangement</p></td><td><p>7,530</p></td><td><p>7,530</p></td><td><p>235,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>1,708</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>6,746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>3,177</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>12,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>6,397</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>25,263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>3,389</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>28,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>35,757</p></td><td><p>4,510</p></td><td><p>4,510</p></td><td><p>141,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>2,491</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>21,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>5,744</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>48,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>8,404</p></td><td><p>1,069</p></td><td><p>1,069</p></td><td><p>62,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>5,011</p></td><td><p>632</p></td><td><p>632</p></td><td><p>19,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>2,819</p></td><td><p>358</p></td><td><p>358</p></td><td><p>23,922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>37,021</p></td><td><p>4,704</p></td><td><p>4,704</p></td><td><p>314,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>21,780</p></td><td><p>2,768</p></td><td><p>2,768</p></td><td><p>184,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>2,765</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td><p>20,554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>18,630</p></td><td><p>2,369</p></td><td><p>2,369</p></td><td><p>138,443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>20,846</p></td><td><p>2,629</p></td><td><p>2,629</p></td><td><p>82,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>2,903</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>11,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>1,786</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>7,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>1,838</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>7,262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>2,381</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>17,696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>20,599</p></td><td><p>2,619</p></td><td><p>2,619</p></td><td><p>153,072</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>1,129</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>4,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>28,111</p></td><td><p>3,546</p></td><td><p>3,546</p></td><td><p>111,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>1,933</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>16,408</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>2,128</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>8,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>1,739</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>6,868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>25,067</p></td><td><p>3,188</p></td><td><p>3,188</p></td><td><p>186,273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>2,972</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>22,087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>27,238</p></td><td><p>3,436</p></td><td><p>3,436</p></td><td><p>107,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>4,129</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>35,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>20,869</p></td><td><p>2,632</p></td><td><p>2,632</p></td><td><p>82,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>3,496</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>13,807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford and Wrekin</p></td><td><p>4,311</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>32,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>2,489</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>9,832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>7,193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>3,989</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>33,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>16,171</p></td><td><p>2,056</p></td><td><p>2,056</p></td><td><p>120,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>5,387</p></td><td><p>679</p></td><td><p>679</p></td><td><p>21,279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>10,669</p></td><td><p>1,357</p></td><td><p>1,357</p></td><td><p>79,281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>17,136</p></td><td><p>2,161</p></td><td><p>2,161</p></td><td><p>67,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westmorland and Furness</p></td><td><p>18,474</p></td><td><p>2,347</p></td><td><p>2,347</p></td><td><p>156,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>20,727</p></td><td><p>2,614</p></td><td><p>2,614</p></td><td><p>81,869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor and Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>2,720</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>10,741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>3,314</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>13,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>18,738</p></td><td><p>2,383</p></td><td><p>2,383</p></td><td><p>139,243</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York, City of</p></td><td><p>2,835</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>24,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>945,663</p></td><td><p>127,249</p></td><td><p>127,249</p></td><td><p>5,731,338</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Combined local authority allocations</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Combined authority (CA)</p></td><td><p>Current baseline allocation per year (HMB + Pothole Fund) (£000)</p></td><td><p>2023-24 – additional funding (£000)</p></td><td><p>2024-25 – additional funding (£000)</p></td><td><p>Minimum additional uplift from 2023-24 to 2033-34 (£000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA</p></td><td><p>23,062</p></td><td><p>2,909</p></td><td><p>2,909</p></td><td><p>91,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester CA</p></td><td><p>City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS)</p></td><td><p>4,438</p></td><td><p>4,438</p></td><td><p>296,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool City Region CA</p></td><td><p>CRSTS</p></td><td><p>2,684</p></td><td><p>2,684</p></td><td><p>179,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire MCA</p></td><td><p>CRSTS</p></td><td><p>1,994</p></td><td><p>1,994</p></td><td><p>133,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees Valley CA</p></td><td><p>CRSTS</p></td><td><p>1,499</p></td><td><p>1,499</p></td><td><p>100,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands CA</p></td><td><p>CRSTS</p></td><td><p>2,586</p></td><td><p>2,586</p></td><td><p>151,192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West of England CA</p></td><td><p>CRSTS</p></td><td><p>2,007</p></td><td><p>2,007</p></td><td><p>62,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire CA</p></td><td><p>CRSTS</p></td><td><p>4,633</p></td><td><p>4,633</p></td><td><p>309,559</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CA total</p></td><td><p>Most receive funding via CRSTS</p></td><td><p>22,750</p></td><td><p>22,750</p></td><td><p>1,323,663</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 5009 question first answered 07/12/2023 16:52:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1697168

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the levels of pothole repair funding.
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
	uin	19514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has announced, as part of the Prime Minister’s Network North plan, that an additional £8.3 billion will be provided to local highway authorities across England over the period 2023/24 to 2033/34 to enable them to maintain and resurface local roads. £150 million of this additional funding has been made available to local authorities in 2023/24 and a further £150 million will be made available in 2024/25. This uplift, in additional to the £200 million funding increase announced in the 2023 Spring Budget, means that local highway authorities across England, including North Northamptonshire, are receiving around 30% more highway maintenance capital grant funding in the 2023/24 financial year than in the previous financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The funding is for the resurfacing of carriageways, cycleways and footways to prevent potholes and other road defects from occurring, as well as to help keep local bridges and other highway structures open and safe. It is up to the respective highway authority how best to spend it to fulfil their statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980.</p><p> </p><p>Motorists can already report potholes and other road defects through their respective local highway authority websites. The additional funding will enable local authorities to do more to tackle potholes and other problems reported by motorists. The Department has asked all local highway authorities to publish details of how the additional funding is being spent, and these reports should already be on authorities’ websites. This will help raise awareness of highway maintenance issues and may encourage more road users to report potholes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 19515 question first answered 26/03/2024 10:27:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1697169

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.12 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, whether recent funding allocated to pothole repairs will be used to help motorists report potholes.
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
	uin	19515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has announced, as part of the Prime Minister’s Network North plan, that an additional £8.3 billion will be provided to local highway authorities across England over the period 2023/24 to 2033/34 to enable them to maintain and resurface local roads. £150 million of this additional funding has been made available to local authorities in 2023/24 and a further £150 million will be made available in 2024/25. This uplift, in additional to the £200 million funding increase announced in the 2023 Spring Budget, means that local highway authorities across England, including North Northamptonshire, are receiving around 30% more highway maintenance capital grant funding in the 2023/24 financial year than in the previous financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The funding is for the resurfacing of carriageways, cycleways and footways to prevent potholes and other road defects from occurring, as well as to help keep local bridges and other highway structures open and safe. It is up to the respective highway authority how best to spend it to fulfil their statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980.</p><p> </p><p>Motorists can already report potholes and other road defects through their respective local highway authority websites. The additional funding will enable local authorities to do more to tackle potholes and other problems reported by motorists. The Department has asked all local highway authorities to publish details of how the additional funding is being spent, and these reports should already be on authorities’ websites. This will help raise awareness of highway maintenance issues and may encourage more road users to report potholes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 19514 question first answered 26/03/2024 10:27:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1675098

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department makes an assessment of the (a) quality and (b) durability of (i) pothole repairs, (ii) resurfacing and (c) other maintenance of local roads.
	tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
	tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
	uin	4964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department works with both local highway authorities and National Highways to assess road surface condition across England annually. Local highway authorities undertake road condition surveys on their classified road networks, and their surveys identify road defects and provide an overall score of road condition. The latest data was published on gov.uk on 23 November 2023:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/road-conditions-in-england-to-march-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/road-conditions-in-england-to-march-2023</a></p><p> </p><p>It is up to local highway authorities to determine how best to fulfil their statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, taking into account local circumstances and priorities. This includes decisions on the equipment, techniques, and materials used as part of their maintenance activities. The Department advocates a risk-based, whole-lifecycle-asset management approach that considers all parts of the highway network, and recommends that authorities follow the best practice guidance set out in the Well-managed Highway Infrastructure Code of Practice which is available via the website of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/12/2023 16:23:41 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1679432

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to provide to repair potholes on public highways in Bournemouth East constituency in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	7855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The Bournemouth East constituency is in the Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP) Council local authority area.</p><p> </p><p>The next twelve months straddle two financial years, and details for each financial year are set out in the table below. In total over these two financial years the Government is providing around £11.6 million to BCP Council towards the maintenance of the local highway network in their area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: funding allocations for Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP) Council</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Highways Maintenance Block (HMB)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Potholes Fund </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Budget 2023 Uplift</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Uplift arising from HS2 Euston savings</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p>2,659,000</p></td><td><p>2,127,000</p></td><td><p>850,800</p></td><td><p>604,000</p></td><td><p>£6,240,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td><td><p>2,659,000</p></td><td><p>2,127,000</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>604,000</p></td><td><p>£5,390,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The funding increases announced in Budget 2023 and as part of the Network North programme mean that in 2023/24 BCP is receiving around 30% more than it was in 2022/23. Funding allocations can be found on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/01/2024 13:06:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood