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1719268

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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, what his planned timeframe is for assessing the effectiveness of the annual local authority road maintenance survey 2024.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	27010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Each year the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) commissions an independent survey of local authority highway authorities in England, including London, and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>According to the AIA report, the aim of the survey is to take a snapshot of the general condition of the local road network based on information provided directly by those responsible for its maintenance.</p><p>The Department considers the report, along with a range of other evidence, when we are bidding to His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT).</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 10:18:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1716978

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the annual local authority road maintenance survey 2024.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>It is being considered.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/05/2024 07:33:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1659313

registered interest
date	08/09/2023
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, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of maintenance per mile on (a) motorways, (b) the strategic road network and (c) the local road network in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	198489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The plans for maintaining and renewing the Strategic Road Network (SRN) are set as part of a five-year Road Investment Strategy and are aimed at sustaining the availability, safety, performance, operation, reliability, and longevity of the SRN’s physical assets to deliver value to road users.</p><p> </p><p>National Highways are responsible for the management of the Strategic Road Network which includes motorways and some major A roads, and their expenditure on Maintenance and Renewals is published online in its annual report and accounts:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalhighways.co.uk%2Fmedia%2F0k1mwvsp%2Fnh_ar23_interactive.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CUdeme.Wilson%40dft.gov.uk%7Cb9b827cce02443e1af4e08dbb46224bd%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638302105848375038%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1GEyzb%2BN3TQwuVGfxr8l1M3JTihr6imwxFSPvQTO0rk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://nationalhighways.co.uk/media/0k1mwvsp/nh_ar23_interactive.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This reflects that in the financial year 2022/23 National Highways spent £240 million on maintenance of the SRN and £908 million on renewals (replacement or refurbishment of assets as they reach the end of their service life).</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report and Accounts also outlines that NH oversees 4,541 miles of road across its network. On average more is spent on maintaining each mile of the SRN compared to each mile of the local road network, which reflects the considerably higher traffic volumes carried.</p><p> </p><p>On the local road network, local authority expenditure data is collected by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). Total expenditure data is only available up until 2021/22, where total maintenance expenditure for local authority roads was £4.168 billion.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 18/09/2023 13:44:45 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1659059

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
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, if he will take steps with local authorities to introduce a ten-year maintenance plan for local roads.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	198354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>There are considerable benefits to providing local highway authorities with multi-year funding certainty. This helps them enter into long-term arrangements with contractors and the supply chain as well as to carry out more planned and proactive maintenance, thus delivering better value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is mid-way through the three-year funding settlement for local highway maintenance that was announced in 2021. This comprises approximately £915 million of capital funding per year for local highways maintenance between 2022/23 and 2024/25 for eligible local highway authorities across England outside of London and the Mayoral Combined Authorities. The Mayoral Combined Authorities which are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) already have five-year funding settlements.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 13/09/2023 14:01:24 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1658785

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
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, how much funding his Department has provided for local road maintenance in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	198091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. During the past ten financial years the Department has provided over £11.9 billion to local highway authorities across England outside of London for highway maintenance. This includes formula funding from the Highways Maintenance Block, Pothole Action Fund (2016/17 – 2020/21), Potholes Fund (2020/21-2024/25) and the Wet Weather/Resilience fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>Maintenance Block (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional Pothole and Other Top Ups (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wet Weather funding (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>707</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16*</p></td><td><p>976</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>1,156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17*</p></td><td><p>976</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,026</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18*</p></td><td><p>1,051</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>1,222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>876</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20*</p></td><td><p>1,001</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1,051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21*</p></td><td><p>976</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>625</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23**</p></td><td><p>625</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24**</p></td><td><p>625</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,438</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,952</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Financial years also include grant funding to local authorities through the Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund, a competitive funding element top-sliced from the Highways Maintenance Block.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p><p>** This includes the funding that is now being paid as part of the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS).</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund-schemes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund-schemes</a></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 13/09/2023 14:03:34 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1365390

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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, what estimate has the Department made of the lowest carbon option for road resurfacing.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	68232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>Innovation in design and construction techniques and materials is key to achieving their net-zero carbon ambition for construction. National highways expect to publish its Net Zero Strategy and Plan during 2021/22.</p><p>On local roads it is for each individual local highway authority to assess which parts of its network need repair and what standards should be applied.</p><p>The Department is funding three projects specifically aimed at reducing carbon by the use of sustainable materials and energy reduction via the Live Labs programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 09/11/2021 12:09:29 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1132483

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what employee incentives are included in the work contracts of Highways England employees to help ensure timely completion of those works.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	265501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Highways England provides a Performance Related Pay (PRP) incentive scheme for its employees. Payments made under the scheme are directly aligned to Highways England’s performance against eleven Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), which include timely completion of works.</p><p> </p><p>The KPI’s provide equal focus across a range of areas that are considered integral to the success of Highways England, encouraging collaborative behaviours in achieving successful delivery. The KPI’s include targets related to areas such as major project delivery, safety, road user satisfaction and road incident management.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 13:05:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1132486

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his Department’s policy to ensure that all Highway England’s works are carried out 24 hours a day subject to health and safety issues.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	265502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>As part of improving road users’ experience through roadworks, Highways England considers working patterns such as 24 hours a day on an individual scheme basis. There are a number of factors that influence Highways England’s ability to adopt this approach such as: maintaining the safety of road workers and road users, location, type of work being undertaken, needs of road users and neighbouring communities, availability of resources within the construction industry and any cost implications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 13:12:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord