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<p>The latest data available regarding spend on roads, in England outside London,
including roads maintenance in each region is from the Treasury’s country-and-regional-analysis-2016
data. The table below which gives details of the total spend and per capita spend
per region is based on this data.</p><p> </p><p>However, it should first be recognised
that figures showing road maintenance spend per head of population need to be interpreted
with care. Spending on road maintenance in any given region will be driven more by
factors such as the nature of the highway asset (which includes not just roads but
also bridges, lighting, footways and structures) in that region and the number or
density of roads and highway assets in that region than necessarily by how many people
live there.</p><p> </p><p>Further, in terms of spending on national roads such as
motorways, whilst the spending is allocated statistically to the region in which the
maintenance is carried out this will benefit not just those people in that region
but also those travelling across the country from other regions and using that motorway.</p><p>
</p><p>In terms of spending on local roads, whilst the Department for Transport allocates
roads maintenance funding to local highway authorities, this funding is not ring-fenced
and how much each local highway authority in any given region chooses to spend on
highways maintenance will reflect their own local priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="5"><p>Current spend: Local roads and National roads (£000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
East</p></td><td><p>138,373</p></td><td><p>126,543</p></td><td><p>113,734</p></td><td><p>104,811</p></td><td><p>115,357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West</p></td><td><p>269,883</p></td><td><p>229,482</p></td><td><p>209,391</p></td><td><p>207,885</p></td><td><p>252,738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire
and The Humber</p></td><td><p>259,354</p></td><td><p>252,881</p></td><td><p>244,289</p></td><td><p>221,242</p></td><td><p>246,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Midlands</p></td><td><p>217,024</p></td><td><p>179,881</p></td><td><p>160,116</p></td><td><p>150,850</p></td><td><p>184,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>235,159</p></td><td><p>212,394</p></td><td><p>220,876</p></td><td><p>200,130</p></td><td><p>252,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>302,927</p></td><td><p>265,192</p></td><td><p>259,754</p></td><td><p>242,388</p></td><td><p>289,872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>469,799</p></td><td><p>497,259</p></td><td><p>527,773</p></td><td><p>502,935</p></td><td><p>441,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West</p></td><td><p>275,149</p></td><td><p>246,087</p></td><td><p>175,353</p></td><td><p>170,115</p></td><td><p>203,499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England
(excluding London)</p></td><td><p>2,167,668</p></td><td><p>2,009,719</p></td><td><p>1,911,286</p></td><td><p>1,800,356</p></td><td><p>1,987,176</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p>Mid-Year Population Estimates</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
East</p></td><td><p>2,596,441</p></td><td><p>2,602,310</p></td><td><p>2,610,481</p></td><td><p>2,618,710</p></td><td><p>2,624,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West</p></td><td><p>7,055,961</p></td><td><p>7,084,337</p></td><td><p>7,103,261</p></td><td><p>7,132,991</p></td><td><p>7,173,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire
and The Humber</p></td><td><p>5,288,212</p></td><td><p>5,316,691</p></td><td><p>5,337,711</p></td><td><p>5,360,027</p></td><td><p>5,390,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Midlands</p></td><td><p>4,537,448</p></td><td><p>4,567,731</p></td><td><p>4,598,431</p></td><td><p>4,637,413</p></td><td><p>4,677,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>5,608,667</p></td><td><p>5,642,569</p></td><td><p>5,674,712</p></td><td><p>5,713,284</p></td><td><p>5,751,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>5,862,418</p></td><td><p>5,907,348</p></td><td><p>5,954,316</p></td><td><p>6,018,383</p></td><td><p>6,076,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>8,652,784</p></td><td><p>8,724,737</p></td><td><p>8,792,766</p></td><td><p>8,873,818</p></td><td><p>8,947,913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West</p></td><td><p>5,300,831</p></td><td><p>5,339,637</p></td><td><p>5,377,596</p></td><td><p>5,423,303</p></td><td><p>5,471,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England
(excluding London)</p></td><td><p>44,902,762</p></td><td><p>45,185,360</p></td><td><p>45,449,274</p></td><td><p>45,777,929</p></td><td><p>46,112,614</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p>Per capita (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
East</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire
and The Humber</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Midlands</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England
(excluding London)</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Note that this includes non-DFT spend.</p><p>Further details and can be found
in HM Treasury’s Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis for 2015/16;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/569815/Country_and_Regional_Analysis_November_2016.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/569815/Country_and_Regional_Analysis_November_2016.pdf</a></p><p>
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