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1686514

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date	31/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the condition of the road network in England, particularly with regard to potholes, and (2) the efficacy of measures designed to address such road maintenance issues.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL2090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2091 HL2092 HL2093 HL2094 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1686515

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what sums they have provided for the purposes of road maintenance to (1) Oxfordshire, and (2) Gloucestershire, county councils in the most recent financial year for which figures are available; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which this money has actually been spent on road maintenance.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL2091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2090 HL2092 HL2093 HL2094 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1686541

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the percentage of the road network in England that is a danger to motorists as a result of inadequate road surface maintenance.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL2092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2090 HL2091 HL2093 HL2094 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1686542

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the costs to motorists arising from potholes.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL2093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2090 HL2091 HL2092 HL2094 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1686543

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of local authority processes whereby motorists claim for vehicular damage arising from a lack of adequate road surface maintenance.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL2094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities including Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire County Councils have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) to maintain the highways network in their area. Dealing with any compensation claims due to possible defects, including potholes, on the highway network is entirely the responsibility of the relevant highway authority, and the Department has made no formal assessment of this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing over £1 billion of highway maintenance capital grant funding to local authorities in the current financial year. This funding goes to eligible local highway authorities across England, outside of London and the mayoral combined authorities who are in receipt of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. As a result of the funding increases announced at Budget 2023 and in the Prime Minister’s Network North programme, local highway authorities in England are generally receiving around 30% more highway maintenance funding from the Department for Transport in the current financial year than in the previous financial year. The Network North programme includes an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period up to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities are published on gov.uk. Gloucestershire County Council received a total of £29.1 million of highway maintenance capital grant funding, and Oxfordshire County Council a total of £27.2 million, in the 2023/24 financial year. In each case this was an increase of around 30% compared to the 2022/23 financial year. The Department for Transport has asked local highway authorities to publish on their websites by 15 March 2024 plans setting out how the additional Network North highway maintenance funding will be used, and thereafter quarterly reports on how the funding has been spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the condition of local roads very seriously. Well-planned, proactive, and good quality maintenance works are vital in preventing prevent potholes and other defects from forming. Councils that do this effectively get better value for every pound spent.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure transparency in the condition of our local road networks, road condition statistics are published annually by the Department and are available on gov.uk. The Government is working with the British Standards Institution and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new data standard for assessing road condition to help local authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL2090 HL2091 HL2092 HL2093 question first answered 14/02/2024 12:20:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1670163

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was their expenditure in real terms on road maintenance each year since 2000 for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
uin	HL326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The table summarises maintenance expenditure by road class, adjusted for inflation, in England, from April 2005 onwards.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Road class</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Year Ending (FYE)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Structural Treatment [Note 1, 2]</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Routine and other Treatment [Note 1, 2]</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Highways Maintenance Policy, Planning and Strategy [Note 2]</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total [Note 2]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2006</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2007</p></td><td><p>681</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2008</p></td><td><p>646</p></td><td><p>513</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2009</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2010 [Note 4]</p></td><td><p>1,166</p></td><td><p>477</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2011</p></td><td><p>579</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2012</p></td><td><p>595</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2013</p></td><td><p>513</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2014</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2015</p></td><td><p>864</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2016</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2017</p></td><td><p>716</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2018</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>287</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2019</p></td><td><p>744</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2020</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2021</p></td><td><p>763</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>[Note 3]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2022</p></td><td><p>887</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2006</p></td><td><p>2,439</p></td><td><p>1,664</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>4,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2007</p></td><td><p>2,315</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>4,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2008</p></td><td><p>2,265</p></td><td><p>1,721</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>4,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2009</p></td><td><p>2,213</p></td><td><p>1,315</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>3,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2010 [Note 4]</p></td><td><p>2,502</p></td><td><p>1,774</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>4,696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2011</p></td><td><p>2,386</p></td><td><p>1,673</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>4,449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2012</p></td><td><p>2,313</p></td><td><p>1,573</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>4,231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2013</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td><td><p>1,528</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>3,888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2014</p></td><td><p>2,119</p></td><td><p>1,496</p></td><td><p>358</p></td><td><p>3,973</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2015</p></td><td><p>2,539</p></td><td><p>1,315</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>4,178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2016</p></td><td><p>2,489</p></td><td><p>1,246</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>4,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2017</p></td><td><p>2,507</p></td><td><p>1,198</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>4,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2018</p></td><td><p>2,442</p></td><td><p>1,243</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>4,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2019</p></td><td><p>2,792</p></td><td><p>1,116</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>4,259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2020</p></td><td><p>2,661</p></td><td><p>1,103</p></td><td><p>403</p></td><td><p>4,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2021</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>4,141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]</strong></p></td><td><p>FYE 2022</p></td><td><p>2,484</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td><td><p>532</p></td><td><p>4,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2006</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>552</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2007</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2008</p></td><td><p>616</p></td><td><p>608</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2009</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>971</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2010 [Note 4]</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>686</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2011</p></td><td><p>774</p></td><td><p>565</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2012</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2013</p></td><td><p>688</p></td><td><p>581</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2014</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>608</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2015</p></td><td><p>976</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2016</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2017</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2018</p></td><td><p>1,047</p></td><td><p>477</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2019</p></td><td><p>1,069</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2020</p></td><td><p>1,021</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2021</p></td><td><p>973</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads</p></td><td><p>FYE 2022</p></td><td><p>852</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>1,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2006</p></td><td><p>1,694</p></td><td><p>1,112</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2007</p></td><td><p>1,625</p></td><td><p>1,108</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2008</p></td><td><p>1,649</p></td><td><p>1,114</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2009</p></td><td><p>1,612</p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2010 [Note 4]</p></td><td><p>1,723</p></td><td><p>1,088</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2011</p></td><td><p>1,612</p></td><td><p>1,108</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2012</p></td><td><p>1,439</p></td><td><p>973</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2013</p></td><td><p>1,333</p></td><td><p>946</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2014</p></td><td><p>1,369</p></td><td><p>889</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2015</p></td><td><p>1,564</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2016</p></td><td><p>1,561</p></td><td><p>782</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2017</p></td><td><p>1,315</p></td><td><p>783</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2018</p></td><td><p>1,394</p></td><td><p>766</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2019</p></td><td><p>1,723</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2020</p></td><td><p>1,640</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2021</p></td><td><p>1,676</p></td><td><p>771</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,447</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')</p></td><td><p>FYE 2022</p></td><td><p>1,632</p></td><td><p>793</p></td><td><p>[z]</p></td><td><p>2,42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 28/11/2023 19:21:50 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	228 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

1664806

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they define the term ‘pothole’.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL10575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>There is no nationally agreed definition of a pothole. It is up to local authorities to decide which surface defects on the highway to treat, following a risk-based approach. This is set out in the best practice document “Well Managed Highway Infrastructure: A Code of Practice”, which is available online.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/10/2023 10:44:50 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1664807

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the condition of road infrastructure in England and how many potholes they have (1) identified and (2) filled to completion on (a) roads and (b) pedestrian pavements.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL10576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 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. The Act does not set out specific standards of maintenance, as it is for each individual local highway authority to assess which parts of its network need repair and what standards should be applied, based upon their local knowledge and circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Department annually collects and publishes information on GOV.UK regarding the condition of roads in England, covering surface condition, skidding resistance, and highway maintenance treatments and expenditure. This information comes from surveys which identify a series of road surface defects, although some of these defects may be related to potholes, the number of potholes cannot be recorded. The most recent release can be read on GOV.UK.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the condition of footpaths, this information will be held by local authorities for their own asset management needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/10/2023 10:42:35 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1654956

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the condition of road infrastructure.
tabling member printed	Viscount Goschen
uin	HL9556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>In addition to the provision of over £5.5 billion of highways maintenance capital funding for local highways authorities in England over this Parliament, the Department works with all local highway authorities in England along with National Highways to assess road surface condition on a national level. This information is presented annually in “Road conditions in England to March 2022” published on GOV.UK. It includes surface condition, skidding resistance and highway maintenance treatments and expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working with the British Standards Institute and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new standard for assessing road condition. This will help authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes, and help drive innovation within the road monitoring sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/07/2023 15:00:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3602 label Biography information for Viscount Goschen

1646843

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they monitor whether local authorities are using funds provided by central Government for repairing potholes for that purpose.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL8733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) allocates capital funding to local highways authorities under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 (“the Act”) so that they can most effectively spend this funding on maintaining and improving their respective networks, based upon their local knowledge, circumstances, and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Section 31 grant funding is not ringfenced as set out in the Act; it is up to the highway authority how to spend this funding to fulfil its statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980. Local decision makers are democratically accountable for the decisions they take.</p><p> </p><p>DfT strongly encourages authorities to spend their allocations on highways maintenance activities and advocates a risk-based whole lifecycle asset management approach to local authority highways maintenance programmes. This considers all parts of the highway network, such as gulleys, bridges, cycleways, and lighting columns – and not just the fixing of potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 04/07/2023 11:25:58 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby