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1423105

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 he has taken to implement the recommendations made in the Tenth Report of the Transport Select Committee, Session 2017–19, entitled Local roads funding and maintenance: filling the gap, HC 1486, and accepted by the Government in its response to that report; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	125000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>As announced in the October 2021 Spending Review, the Government is investing over £2.7 billion over the next three years for local highway maintenance in England, outside London, in places not receiving City Region Settlements. This includes those places’ share of the £500 million per annum Pothole Fund announced at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The three-year funding settlement will help local highway authorities plan effectively for managing their highways assets, from tackling potholes to repairing bridges and other asset defects across their local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport encourages good practice in local highway maintenance for all local highway authorities and endorses the UK Roads Liaison Group’s Code of Practice on Well Managed Highway Infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Incentive Element, the Department requires local highway authorities to provide an online portal for members of the public to report potholes and other highway defects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is funding three projects specifically aimed at reducing carbon by using sustainable materials through the Live Labs programme, a £22.9 million research programme.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local authority to decide how best to maintain their local highways assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 125001 125002 125003 125004 125005 125006 125007 question first answered 28/02/2022 15:15:15 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1423106

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of 5-year budgets for local roads maintenance to enable planned asset management and achieve better value for money.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	125001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>As announced in the October 2021 Spending Review, the Government is investing over £2.7 billion over the next three years for local highway maintenance in England, outside London, in places not receiving City Region Settlements. This includes those places’ share of the £500 million per annum Pothole Fund announced at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The three-year funding settlement will help local highway authorities plan effectively for managing their highways assets, from tackling potholes to repairing bridges and other asset defects across their local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport encourages good practice in local highway maintenance for all local highway authorities and endorses the UK Roads Liaison Group’s Code of Practice on Well Managed Highway Infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Incentive Element, the Department requires local highway authorities to provide an online portal for members of the public to report potholes and other highway defects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is funding three projects specifically aimed at reducing carbon by using sustainable materials through the Live Labs programme, a £22.9 million research programme.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local authority to decide how best to maintain their local highways assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 125000 125002 125003 125004 125005 125006 125007 question first answered 28/02/2022 15:15:16 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1423107

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 guidance he has issued to (a) Herefordshire Council and (b) other local authorities on current best practice in local roads maintenance to achieve better outcomes and better value for money.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	125002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>As announced in the October 2021 Spending Review, the Government is investing over £2.7 billion over the next three years for local highway maintenance in England, outside London, in places not receiving City Region Settlements. This includes those places’ share of the £500 million per annum Pothole Fund announced at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The three-year funding settlement will help local highway authorities plan effectively for managing their highways assets, from tackling potholes to repairing bridges and other asset defects across their local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport encourages good practice in local highway maintenance for all local highway authorities and endorses the UK Roads Liaison Group’s Code of Practice on Well Managed Highway Infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Incentive Element, the Department requires local highway authorities to provide an online portal for members of the public to report potholes and other highway defects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is funding three projects specifically aimed at reducing carbon by using sustainable materials through the Live Labs programme, a £22.9 million research programme.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local authority to decide how best to maintain their local highways assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 125000 125001 125003 125004 125005 125006 125007 question first answered 28/02/2022 15:15:16 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1423108

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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, whether his Department issues national guidance to local authorities on best practice to enable the public to better report local road defects.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	125003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>As announced in the October 2021 Spending Review, the Government is investing over £2.7 billion over the next three years for local highway maintenance in England, outside London, in places not receiving City Region Settlements. This includes those places’ share of the £500 million per annum Pothole Fund announced at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The three-year funding settlement will help local highway authorities plan effectively for managing their highways assets, from tackling potholes to repairing bridges and other asset defects across their local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport encourages good practice in local highway maintenance for all local highway authorities and endorses the UK Roads Liaison Group’s Code of Practice on Well Managed Highway Infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Incentive Element, the Department requires local highway authorities to provide an online portal for members of the public to report potholes and other highway defects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is funding three projects specifically aimed at reducing carbon by using sustainable materials through the Live Labs programme, a £22.9 million research programme.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local authority to decide how best to maintain their local highways assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 125000 125001 125002 125004 125005 125006 125007 question first answered 28/02/2022 15:15:16 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1423109

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 he has made of whether local highways responsibilities are placed at the right level.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	125004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>As announced in the October 2021 Spending Review, the Government is investing over £2.7 billion over the next three years for local highway maintenance in England, outside London, in places not receiving City Region Settlements. This includes those places’ share of the £500 million per annum Pothole Fund announced at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The three-year funding settlement will help local highway authorities plan effectively for managing their highways assets, from tackling potholes to repairing bridges and other asset defects across their local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport encourages good practice in local highway maintenance for all local highway authorities and endorses the UK Roads Liaison Group’s Code of Practice on Well Managed Highway Infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Incentive Element, the Department requires local highway authorities to provide an online portal for members of the public to report potholes and other highway defects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is funding three projects specifically aimed at reducing carbon by using sustainable materials through the Live Labs programme, a £22.9 million research programme.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local authority to decide how best to maintain their local highways assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 125000 125001 125002 125003 125005 125006 125007 question first answered 28/02/2022 15:15:16 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1423110

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 he has made of the potential merits of using low carbon warm mix asphalt to repair local roads to help ensure the roads reopen quicker after repair.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	125005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>As announced in the October 2021 Spending Review, the Government is investing over £2.7 billion over the next three years for local highway maintenance in England, outside London, in places not receiving City Region Settlements. This includes those places’ share of the £500 million per annum Pothole Fund announced at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The three-year funding settlement will help local highway authorities plan effectively for managing their highways assets, from tackling potholes to repairing bridges and other asset defects across their local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport encourages good practice in local highway maintenance for all local highway authorities and endorses the UK Roads Liaison Group’s Code of Practice on Well Managed Highway Infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Incentive Element, the Department requires local highway authorities to provide an online portal for members of the public to report potholes and other highway defects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is funding three projects specifically aimed at reducing carbon by using sustainable materials through the Live Labs programme, a £22.9 million research programme.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local authority to decide how best to maintain their local highways assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 125000 125001 125002 125003 125004 125006 125007 question first answered 28/02/2022 15:15:16 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1355280

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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, whether the pioneering technology used in 2016 by Highways England’s contractors to resurface the A1 at Brownieside continues to be utilised.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	49041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>This technology is still being utilised by National Highways (formerly Highways England) where it is thought to be the most suitable for the project in question. It has been used on 6 different schemes within the Yorkshire and North East region since the original trial in 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/09/2021 11:10:49 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1352461

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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, how much was spent per metre on roads in Herefordshire compared with other counties in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	41681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>Local highway authorities, including Herefordshire County Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. Local highways teams, including private contractors, are accountable to the local authority they are working for. The Department for Transport is not routinely informed of the detailed breakdown of spend on the local highway network, as authorities are best placed to understand how to maintain their respective networks, based on local needs and priorities.</p><p>The Department has regular meetings with the UK Roads Liaison Group, Local Government Association and Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport. In addition, the Department endorses 'Well-managed highway infrastructure the Code of Practice for highway maintenance’ by the UK Roads Liaison Group.</p><p>This guidance takes an integrated, risked based approach to managing highway infrastructure. The Department also worked with the Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport to publish ‘Potholes: a repair guide’ which guide offers practical advice to highway authorities.</p><p>Of course, well-planned maintenance to prevent potholes and other defects forming on the roads is vital. Councils that do this well get better value for every pound spent and improve their customer satisfaction. So, from 2016/17, this Government introduced an incentive element and a self-assessment questionnaire to help encourage local highway authorities to manage their road networks better and achieve greater efficiencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 41682 41683 41684 41685 question first answered 08/09/2021 11:20:01 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1352462

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of road maintenance at a County level.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	41682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>Local highway authorities, including Herefordshire County Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. Local highways teams, including private contractors, are accountable to the local authority they are working for. The Department for Transport is not routinely informed of the detailed breakdown of spend on the local highway network, as authorities are best placed to understand how to maintain their respective networks, based on local needs and priorities.</p><p>The Department has regular meetings with the UK Roads Liaison Group, Local Government Association and Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport. In addition, the Department endorses 'Well-managed highway infrastructure the Code of Practice for highway maintenance’ by the UK Roads Liaison Group.</p><p>This guidance takes an integrated, risked based approach to managing highway infrastructure. The Department also worked with the Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport to publish ‘Potholes: a repair guide’ which guide offers practical advice to highway authorities.</p><p>Of course, well-planned maintenance to prevent potholes and other defects forming on the roads is vital. Councils that do this well get better value for every pound spent and improve their customer satisfaction. So, from 2016/17, this Government introduced an incentive element and a self-assessment questionnaire to help encourage local highway authorities to manage their road networks better and achieve greater efficiencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 41681 41683 41684 41685 question first answered 08/09/2021 11:20:01 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1352463

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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 assessment his Department has made of ​expenditure by each local authority on contractors on road repairs and maintenance.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	41683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>Local highway authorities, including Herefordshire County Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. Local highways teams, including private contractors, are accountable to the local authority they are working for. The Department for Transport is not routinely informed of the detailed breakdown of spend on the local highway network, as authorities are best placed to understand how to maintain their respective networks, based on local needs and priorities.</p><p>The Department has regular meetings with the UK Roads Liaison Group, Local Government Association and Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport. In addition, the Department endorses 'Well-managed highway infrastructure the Code of Practice for highway maintenance’ by the UK Roads Liaison Group.</p><p>This guidance takes an integrated, risked based approach to managing highway infrastructure. The Department also worked with the Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport to publish ‘Potholes: a repair guide’ which guide offers practical advice to highway authorities.</p><p>Of course, well-planned maintenance to prevent potholes and other defects forming on the roads is vital. Councils that do this well get better value for every pound spent and improve their customer satisfaction. So, from 2016/17, this Government introduced an incentive element and a self-assessment questionnaire to help encourage local highway authorities to manage their road networks better and achieve greater efficiencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 41681 41682 41684 41685 question first answered 08/09/2021 11:20:01 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin