{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptSortName=Transport&hansardHeading=Roads%3A+North+West", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptSortName=Transport&hansardHeading=Roads%3A+North+West", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptSortName=Transport&_metadata=all&hansardHeading=Roads%3A+North+West", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&answeringDeptSortName=Transport&hansardHeading=Roads%3A+North+West", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptSortName=Transport&hansardHeading=Roads%3A+North+West", "isPartOf" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptSortName=Transport&hansardHeading=Roads%3A+North+West", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716921", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716921/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

On 4 October 2023 the Prime Minister announced an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period from 2023/24 to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.<\/p>

<\/p>

As part of this, local highway authorities in the North West of England will receive in total a minimum funding uplift of £1.269 billion between 2023-24 and 2033-34. This includes an additional £19 million in both the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years to allow local highway authorities across the North West to make an immediate start on improving road conditions. Funding allocations for individual local highway authorities are published on gov.uk.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-05-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-05-16T14:47:00.14Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-05-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Roads: North West"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve road (a) maintenance and (b) conditions in the North West.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4669", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damien Moore"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Southport"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Damien Moore"} ], "uin" : "25548"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/709755", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/709755/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) will allocate £690 million to local authorities in England for local transport networks through a competition which is due to be launched shortly. Local authorities and Combined Authorities (such as Liverpool City Region which includes St Helens) will have the opportunity to bid for funding for schemes to improve congestion on local roads.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Harrogate and Knaresborough"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Jones"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-14T11:24:16.74Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Roads: North West"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.22 of Spring Budget 2017, how much of the £690 million fund to erase road congestion will be allocated to (a) St Helens and (b) the North West.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "St Helens North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"} ], "uin" : "67263"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/458167", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/458167/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

For schemes that are Open for Traffic, the actual out-turn costs have been provided. Schemes that are in development or construction show the latest approved estimate.<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

Scheme Name<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Announced<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Estimated Cost (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Source of Estimate<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

M60 J8 to M62J20:Smart Motorway<\/p><\/td>

2010<\/p><\/td>

228<\/p><\/td>

Under construction<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

A556 Knutsford to Bowdon<\/p><\/td>

2010<\/p><\/td>

191.9<\/p><\/td>

Under construction<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

M6 J16 to J19<\/p><\/td>

2013<\/p><\/td>

223.3<\/p><\/td>

Under construction<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

For the remaining schemes outlined in the 1 December 2014 announcement, the current costs are the cost category as quoted in the RIS Investment Plan, which can be found at:<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/381496/roads-investment-strategy-summary-of-schemes.pdf<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

There is currently no cost information for the Strategic Studies as they are in the very early stages of investigating options.<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Harrogate and Knaresborough"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Jones"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-11T12:09:49.54Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-03-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Roads: North West"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent cost estimate is for each of the road projects listed in the Government's announcement, Major roads investment in the North West, published on 1 December 2014, that have not yet been completed; and what the final costs were of any of those projects that have been completed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/301", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burden"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Northfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Burden"} ], "uin" : "29958"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/76930", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/76930/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

<\/p>

This is a local issue and it would be for Lancashire and Cumbria county councils as the local highways authorities to consider whether to take forward such a study in consultation with the Local Enterprise Partnerships for their areas.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1562", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Scarborough and Whitby"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Robert Goodwill"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-07-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-07-16T15:29:55.3945357Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-07-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Roads: North West"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which governmental body will make funds available for a feasibility study on developing a highway road tunnel under Morcambe Bay from Heysham M6 Link Road to Barrow-in-Furness.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4135", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Morris"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Morecambe and Lunesdale"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "David Morris"} ], "uin" : "204818"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/76939", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/76939/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

<\/p>

The North West includes two Highways Agency maintenance areas (10 and 13). It covers the operation of the motorway and trunk road network from the Scottish border in the north, to the Welsh border in the west and as far south as the Midlands. The Highways Agency has spent the following amounts on road maintenance in the North West since 2007/08. The Highways Agency only has financial data from 2007/08 as prior to that the data is not split into specific areas.<\/p>

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<\/p>

<\/p>

2007/08 £42m<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

2008/09 £33m<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

2009/10 £125m<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

2010/11 £48m<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

2011/12 £60m<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

2012/13 £38m<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

2013/14 £37m<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

The Department for Transport provides capital funding to local highway authorities from the local highways maintenance capital block grant. Both the Westmoreland and Lonsdale constituency and South Lakeland fall within Cumbria County Council's area of responsibility and therefore we do not allocate any funds directly to them for road maintenance.<\/p>

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<\/p>

<\/p>

Cumbria Allocations<\/p>

<\/p>

year<\/p><\/td>

Maintenance Block £m<\/p><\/td>

Capital Detrunking £m<\/p><\/td>

PRN Bridge maintenance<\/p><\/td>

Exceptional Maintenance<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

14.737<\/p><\/td>

1.079<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

15.486<\/p><\/td>

1.892<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

14.836<\/p><\/td>

3.855<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

18.901<\/p><\/td>

0.900<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

20.393<\/p><\/td>

0.393<\/p><\/td>

0.250<\/p><\/td>

<\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

22.077<\/p><\/td>

0.264<\/p><\/td>

<\/td>

0.512<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

24.313<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

22.890<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

25.449<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

22.386<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

North West (including Cumbria) Allocations<\/p>

<\/p>

year<\/p><\/td>

Maintenance Block £m<\/p><\/td>

Capital Detrunking £m<\/p><\/td>

PRN Bridge maintenance £m<\/p><\/td>

Exceptional Maintenance £m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

88.144<\/p><\/td>

10.043<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

84.819<\/p><\/td>

5.117<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

96.658<\/p><\/td>

10.038<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

86.511<\/p><\/td>

8.301<\/p><\/td>

9.371<\/p><\/td>

0.502<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

93.734<\/p><\/td>

6.541<\/p><\/td>

12.062<\/p><\/td>

<\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

105.161<\/p><\/td>

5.262<\/p><\/td>

<\/td>

9.114<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

108.841<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

104.897<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

120.473<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

104.543<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

The Department has also provided additional funding to local highway authorities to help repair roads damaged due to severe weather events. These payments are as follows:<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Funding stream<\/p><\/td>

Cumbria £m<\/p><\/td>

North West (including Cumbria) £m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Payment for 2009 flood in 2010/11<\/p><\/td>

15.000<\/p><\/td>

15.000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11 pothole payment<\/p><\/td>

2.305<\/p><\/td>

10.108<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

March 2011 pothole payment<\/p><\/td>

6.230<\/p><\/td>

23.832<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Payment for 2009 flood in 2011/12<\/p><\/td>

4.851<\/p><\/td>

4.851<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Payment for 2009 flood (1st<\/sup> for Barker Bridge) in 2011/12<\/p><\/td>

8.151<\/p><\/td>

8.151<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Final payment for 2009 flood (inc Barker Bridge) in 2013/14<\/p><\/td>

7.197<\/p><\/td>

7.197<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

March 2014 wet weather payment<\/p><\/td>

3.018<\/p><\/td>

13.179<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15 pothole fund<\/p><\/td>

4.851<\/p><\/td>

20.681<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1562", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Scarborough and Whitby"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Robert Goodwill"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-07-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-07-14T16:46:23.6147492Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-07-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Roads: North West"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has allocated for road repairs in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1591", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tim Farron"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Westmorland and Lonsdale"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tim Farron"} ], "uin" : "204867"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 5, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }