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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

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	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 release entitled £8 billion boost to repair roads and back drivers, published on 17 November 2023, what his planned timescale is for the rollout of that funding.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	5009
	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 5008 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

1352468

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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 the Pothole Action Fund was spent in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	41688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Local highway authorities, including Herefordshire County Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. Local highways teams, including private contractors, are accountable to the local authority they are working for.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government does not intervene in highway maintenance decisions, to support local highway maintenance, the Department paid £1.346 billion in 2018/19, £926 million in 2019/20, and £1.526 billion in 2020/21 through formula allocated funding, including the Pothole Fund. This funding was provided to all eligible local highway authorities in England, outside London. The Department has not been approached by any authority with regards to DfT assuming responsibility over parts of their respective local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department endorses 'Well-managed highway infrastructure: A Code of Practice’ by the UK Roads Liaison Group. This guidance takes an integrated, risk-based approach to managing highway infrastructure. The Department also worked with the Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport to publish ‘Potholes: a repair guide’ which offers practical advice to highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Well-planned maintenance to prevent potholes and other defects forming on the roads is vital; Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent. The Department has no current plans to reward the local authority that repairs the most potholes as this could discourage a more effective preventative approach, linked to highway asset management best practice.</p><p> </p><p>Highway maintenance activities cover a wide range of granular works, and there is no specific requirement for Councils such as Herefordshire to demonstrate how they spend their share of funding, including the Pothole Action Fund. The Department also has made no estimate of the amount Herefordshire Council paid out for claims for potholes in 2018, 2019, and 2020. The matter of insurance and dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely a matter for Herefordshire Council as the relevant highway authority, who have delegated statutory responsibility for managing and maintaining their roads as set out in the Highways Act 1980 (as amended).</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department for Transport encourages local highway authorities to be innovative it is not for Government to intervene or endorse any specific commercial product as it is entirely their decision as to which products to use. In 2019 DfT provided £22.9 million for the ADEPT Live Labs programme, to help develop innovative approaches across communications, materials, energy solutions, and mobility on the local highway network.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 41686 41687 41689 41690 41691 41692 41693 41694 41695 41696 41697 41698 41699 41700 question first answered 13/09/2021 13:49:55 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1352485

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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, what incentives his Department provides to encourage the private sector to create innovative new methods of repairing and maintaining road surfaces.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	41700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Local highway authorities, including Herefordshire County Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. Local highways teams, including private contractors, are accountable to the local authority they are working for.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government does not intervene in highway maintenance decisions, to support local highway maintenance, the Department paid £1.346 billion in 2018/19, £926 million in 2019/20, and £1.526 billion in 2020/21 through formula allocated funding, including the Pothole Fund. This funding was provided to all eligible local highway authorities in England, outside London. The Department has not been approached by any authority with regards to DfT assuming responsibility over parts of their respective local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department endorses 'Well-managed highway infrastructure: A Code of Practice’ by the UK Roads Liaison Group. This guidance takes an integrated, risk-based approach to managing highway infrastructure. The Department also worked with the Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport to publish ‘Potholes: a repair guide’ which offers practical advice to highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Well-planned maintenance to prevent potholes and other defects forming on the roads is vital; Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent. The Department has no current plans to reward the local authority that repairs the most potholes as this could discourage a more effective preventative approach, linked to highway asset management best practice.</p><p> </p><p>Highway maintenance activities cover a wide range of granular works, and there is no specific requirement for Councils such as Herefordshire to demonstrate how they spend their share of funding, including the Pothole Action Fund. The Department also has made no estimate of the amount Herefordshire Council paid out for claims for potholes in 2018, 2019, and 2020. The matter of insurance and dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely a matter for Herefordshire Council as the relevant highway authority, who have delegated statutory responsibility for managing and maintaining their roads as set out in the Highways Act 1980 (as amended).</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department for Transport encourages local highway authorities to be innovative it is not for Government to intervene or endorse any specific commercial product as it is entirely their decision as to which products to use. In 2019 DfT provided £22.9 million for the ADEPT Live Labs programme, to help develop innovative approaches across communications, materials, energy solutions, and mobility on the local highway network.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 41686 41687 41688 41689 41690 41691 41692 41693 41694 41695 41696 41697 41698 41699 question first answered 13/09/2021 13:49:56 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1352466

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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 the Pothole Action Fund was spent in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	41686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Local highway authorities, including Herefordshire County Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. Local highways teams, including private contractors, are accountable to the local authority they are working for.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government does not intervene in highway maintenance decisions, to support local highway maintenance, the Department paid £1.346 billion in 2018/19, £926 million in 2019/20, and £1.526 billion in 2020/21 through formula allocated funding, including the Pothole Fund. This funding was provided to all eligible local highway authorities in England, outside London. The Department has not been approached by any authority with regards to DfT assuming responsibility over parts of their respective local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department endorses 'Well-managed highway infrastructure: A Code of Practice’ by the UK Roads Liaison Group. This guidance takes an integrated, risk-based approach to managing highway infrastructure. The Department also worked with the Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport to publish ‘Potholes: a repair guide’ which offers practical advice to highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Well-planned maintenance to prevent potholes and other defects forming on the roads is vital; Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent. The Department has no current plans to reward the local authority that repairs the most potholes as this could discourage a more effective preventative approach, linked to highway asset management best practice.</p><p> </p><p>Highway maintenance activities cover a wide range of granular works, and there is no specific requirement for Councils such as Herefordshire to demonstrate how they spend their share of funding, including the Pothole Action Fund. The Department also has made no estimate of the amount Herefordshire Council paid out for claims for potholes in 2018, 2019, and 2020. The matter of insurance and dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely a matter for Herefordshire Council as the relevant highway authority, who have delegated statutory responsibility for managing and maintaining their roads as set out in the Highways Act 1980 (as amended).</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department for Transport encourages local highway authorities to be innovative it is not for Government to intervene or endorse any specific commercial product as it is entirely their decision as to which products to use. In 2019 DfT provided £22.9 million for the ADEPT Live Labs programme, to help develop innovative approaches across communications, materials, energy solutions, and mobility on the local highway network.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 41687 41688 41689 41690 41691 41692 41693 41694 41695 41696 41697 41698 41699 41700 question first answered 13/09/2021 13:49:55 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin