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1257913

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date	03/12/2020
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	What steps his Department is taking to improve the condition of England’s roads.
tabling member constituency	Stourbridge
tabling member printed	Suzanne Webb
uin	909731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department is providing over £2.7 billion for the maintenance of England’s local highway network, outside of London, over 2020/21 and 2021/22, and £4.1 billion for capital renewals on the strategic road network in England over the next 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/12/2020 12:54:10 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4802 label Biography information for Suzanne Webb

1257914

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	What steps his Department is taking to improve the condition of England’s roads.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	909734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department is providing over £2.7 billion for the maintenance of England’s local highway network, outside of London, over 2020/21 and 2021/22, and £4.1 billion for capital renewals on the strategic road network in England over the next 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/12/2020 12:49:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1257916

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	What assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring long-distance road transport companies using heavy vehicles to contribute towards the maintenance of rural roads.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	909744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Levy, paid by vehicles weighing over 12 tonnes for the use of any UK road since 2014, raised £204.4 million in 2019/20. The Levy is suspended for 12 months to 1 August 2021.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/12/2020 12:59:05 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1258172

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of The Times investigation which recently found that 4,000 of about 9,000 bridges and large culverts on motorways or A-roads showed evidence of defects or damage that may significantly affect their capacity.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	124820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>All bridges and structures on the Strategic Road Network are regularly inspected by Highways England to ensure that they remain safe to operate. Through regular inspection, Highways England is also able to plan maintenance works in a way that minimises disruption for road users.</p><p> </p><p>Identification of damage or defects, which can include cosmetic defects, does not mean a structure is unsafe. Where defects or damage is detected, further detailed engineering inspections are undertaken to determine the cause and whether maintenance is required. <em><em>If</em></em> repairs are needed, they will be appropriately prioritised and included in Highways England’s ongoing maintenance programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/12/2020 13:33:50 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney