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1276893

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date	14/01/2021
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 discussions officials in his Department have had with Luton Council on funding for road repairs.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	138090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Department for Transport officials have regular meetings with Luton Borough Council on a variety of transport related matters, including on local road maintenance issues. The Department is providing Luton with over £2.3 million towards highway maintenance this financial year. It is for each Council to decide on how this funding is utilised based on their highway asset management strategy, needs, and priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/01/2021 13:50:28 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1270897

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
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, what steps his Department is taking to review the funding formula for road maintenance.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	129133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is providing (a) Stoke-on-Trent with over £5.5 million and (b) Staffordshire with over £37 million through the Transport Infrastructure Investment Fund this financial year. It is for each Council to decide on how this funding is utilised based on their highway asset management strategy, needs, and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Stoke-on-Trent council were successful in their £5 million ‘Keep Stoke Moving’ key corridor Challenge Fund bid in February this year. Staffordshire County Council also successfully bid for £2.35 million to upgrade Chetwynd Bridge, a historic Grade II* structure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport held two consultation exercises in 2014 to seek views from local highway authorities, organisations, and members of the public regarding how we allocate funding to local highway authorities. Following the consultation exercises, it was agreed that we would allocate funding to each highway authority in England, outside London, based on road lengths and highways assets such as bridges and lighting columns for which they are responsible. This is the most fair and proportionate way to distribute this funding.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 129132 question first answered 17/12/2020 12:56:39 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

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