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1129553

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the findings of the 2019 Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance Survey, published by the Asphalt Industry Alliance in March, which reported that the roads repair backlog stands at over £9 billion, what steps they are taking to (1) resource councils to address this backlog, and (2) provide additional funding for road maintenance budgets as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL16038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is providing over £6.6 billion of capital funding between 2015 and 2021 for local highways maintenance in England, outside of London. This includes funding of over £296 million through a dedicated Pothole Action Fund and £420 million for highways maintenance as announced in the Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on additional funding for local highways maintenance will be considered as part of the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 13/06/2019 13:44:45 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

995639

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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 Her Majesty's Government whether they will make further funding available to local authorities to maintain local roads and repair potholes.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL11064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget 2018 that a further £420 million is being made available to local highway authorities in England, outside London, to maintain their local road network, including the repair of potholes. This funding is in addition to just over £6 billion which the Government is allocating to highway authorities for local highway maintenance from 2015 to 2021.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/11/2018 14:50:54 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

802417

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to use the provisions in the Bus Services Act 2017 to allow non-mayoral authorities to access bus franchising powers.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Bus Services Act received Royal Assent in April 2017. The Act provides automatic access to franchising powers to mayoral combined authorities. The criteria the Secretary of State will use to determine whether to grant consent to non-mayoral combined authorities will focus on whether the authority in question has clear and locally supported aspirations which will benefit passengers and a sensible plan in place, as well as the right capabilities to make franchising a success.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 20/12/2017 16:28:08 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

795227

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to communicate across the private and public sectors lessons learnt from the Total Transport project.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The 37 Total Transport pilot schemes formally came to an end at the end of April this year. The Department is now analysing the results and will, in due course, consider how best to communicate the conclusions more widely.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/12/2017 11:34:07 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

792459

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the cost of implementing a national diesel scrappage scheme as a part of their plans to improve air quality.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>A national diesel scrappage scheme was considered as a policy option in the development of the UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations. The cost of such a national scheme was estimated to be up to £60 billion.</p><p> </p><p>On 22 November we launched a consultation on additional measures to support individuals and businesses affected by local NO<sub>2</sub> plans. Options considered include retrofitting vehicles, support for car clubs, vehicle scrappage or improved public transport offers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/12/2017 14:44:46 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

788928

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the funding they provide to Highways England is invested in improving local roads, and what is their assessment of the importance of those roads in supporting traffic flows on the Strategic Roads Network.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>In carrying out their role to operate, maintain and improve the Strategic Road Network (SRN), Highways England often provide investment to ensure effective traffic flow across both strategic and local roads. Figures are not held centrally for the total spend on local roads across these projects.</p><p> </p><p>In setting the next Road Investment Strategy, the Government will consider opportunities for investment in local roads where this will improve the performance of the SRN.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 28/11/2017 12:00:15 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding