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<p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is responsible for the strategic road network
which is managed by the Highways Agency on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport.
The remaining roads are the responsibility of local highway authorities under the
Highways Act 1980.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Highways Agency spending on improving
road infrastructure (including smaller schemes and technology improvements) on the
strategic road network in the Yorkshire and Humber area in the last three financial
years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Financial
Year</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Funding for Yorkshire and Humber Area
(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011/12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£72.413</p><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012/13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£66.658</p><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2013/14</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£81.982</p><p>
</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The
Department for Transport also provides funding to local highway authorities through
Integrated Transport and Highways Maintenance Block grants. This funding can be used
to improve local roads that they manage if they so wish. The following table provides
this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Highways Maintenance
Block</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Kirklees</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>West
Yorkshire</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire
& Humberside</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2011 pothole</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1.304</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5.776*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>20.900</p><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>27.173</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>87.562</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>26.185</p><p> </p></td><td><p>84.412</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14
Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>25.511</p><p> </p></td><td><p>80.158</p><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 additional block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1.019</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>4.620*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>13.581</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14
flood recovery</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.606</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.999*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>10.356</p><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>23.766</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>75.488</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 additional block</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>0.548</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.446*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7.268</p><p>
</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* made up of the individual
payments to Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Integrated Transport Block</strong></p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Kirklees</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire & Humberside</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12
Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>21.128*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p><p>47.760*</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13
Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19.318</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43.666</p><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19.318</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>43.666</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>19.318</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43.666</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15
Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>27.165</p><p> </p></td><td><p>61.403</p><p>
</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* includes top up
announced in 2011 autumn statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the
Department also provide capital funding for local major schemes, costing over £5 million.
The figures for spend on local major road infrastructure in the last 3 years is as
follows.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Areas</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p><p><strong>£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Huddersfield</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Kirklees</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Yorkshire</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7.2</p><p> </p></td><td><p>25.6</p><p>
</p></td><td><p>26.8</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding for highway maintenance is provided
through the Communities and Local Government Revenue Support Grant (RSG). RSG is an
un-hypothecated grant provided to local authorities to enable them to carry out their
functions, and local authorities can choose to spend this on any services for which
they have responsibility, as per local spending priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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