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1140090

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	If he will allocate additional funding to improve roads outside the major road network and the strategic road network.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	912043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is committed to providing over £6.7 billion to local highway authorities in England, outside London, from 2015 to 2021 to help improve the condition of roads and reduce congestion. The funding includes a £296 million Pothole Action Fund and £420 million for highways maintenance and a congestion busting fund as announced in Budget 2018.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/07/2019 16:03:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1145034

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate a fixed proportion of fuel duty receipts for the repair of roads.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	287535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Fuel Duty receipts are collected for the consolidated fund. However, all English Vehicle Excise Duty revenues will be set aside for the £28.8bn National Roads Fund from 2020 to provide long term certainty for roads investment.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 09/09/2019 15:23:59 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1145033

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate a fixed proportion of road tax receipts for the repair of roads.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	287534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering its commitment to hypothecate English Vehicle Excise Duty to roads spending, and has announced that the National Roads Fund will be £28.8 billion between 2020-25. From this, we expect £25.3 billion to be spent on the Road Investment Strategy 2, which will repair, renew and enhance the Strategic Road Network. The remaining £3.5 billion will be spent on local roads, with major structural renewals eligible for funding.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, we have allocated £6.6 billion between 2015 and 2021 to local highway authorities in England, outside London, for highways maintenance.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 09/09/2019 15:26:05 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1359427

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commit to new funding for local authorities to repair damaged roads and potholes.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	56484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises that maintaining local roads is a key priority for local communities and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>At the last Spending Review, the Chancellor committed £1.125 billion in 2021/22 for local roads maintenance including the £500 million Potholes Fund committed in the manifesto. This represents a £125 million increase on typical annual funding from Spending Review 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Maintenance in London, including repairing potholes, is a matter for Transport for London and the London Boroughs. This Government has supported TfL with c£4bn in emergency Covid support since the start of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out future highways maintenance funding at Spending Review 2021.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/10/2021 07:59:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1660073

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	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 he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of overrunning highway road works on the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	199073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Utility street works are needed to install and update the vital infrastructure on which we all rely, including for broadband and to install EV chargepoints. Permits are needed from the relevant highway authority before works begin on local roads. Authorities can impose charges of up to £10,000 per day for works that overrun the period allowed by the permit during weekdays, which reflect the costs of congestion caused by overrunning works.</p><p> </p><p>Authorities are also able to introduce and operate lane rental schemes. As part of these, utility companies may need to pay charges of up to £2,500 per day for works on the busiest roads at the busiest times, unless they move the works to less busy roads or carry them out at less busy times.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 18/09/2023 16:05:48 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1660074

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	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 he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of road maintenance on the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	199074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has regular discussions with his Cabinet colleagues on a range of topics, including transport and the economy.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 18/09/2023 13:38:56 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1150026

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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, for what reason Highways England has not responded to Jordan Products Ltd following the meeting of 21 June 2019 on Conemaster.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	1108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>No contact has been received from Jordan Products Ltd since 21 June 2019. However, Highways England has been reviewing its position and would be happy to talk to Mr Jordan should he make contact.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2019 12:55:49 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1150025

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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, for what reason his Department has not encouraged the use of approved automated traffic cone machine, Conemaster, on the strategic road network.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	1107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>It is for Highways England and its suppliers to determine which cone deployment systems are used on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/10/2019 13:40:51 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1244585

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	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 many Highways England road improvement projects have had their pedestrian element cancelled as a result of an estimated economy saving in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	105289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>Highways England includes provision for Non-Motorised Users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders, as standard in all its scheme designs. The number of schemes that have had pedestrian elements removed can only be provided at a disproportionate cost for this answer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/10/2020 13:21:30 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1352484

	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 many local authorities have asked the Government to take back responsibility for the contracts for repairing roads.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	41699
	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 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