The Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing the local highway network. Havering Council is the local highway authority for the Romford constituency, and they are therefore responsible for the condition and maintenance of their local network.<\/p>
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This Government has a commitment to enable local highway authorities in England to fix up to a million more potholes a year. At Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced an extra £500 million for local highway maintenance for the 2025/26 financial year, an increase of nearly 50% compared to the current financial year. The Government will confirm funding allocations to English local highway authorities in due course.<\/p>
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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency\u2019s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.<\/p>
<\/p>
Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at all driving test centres, include the recruitment of new driving examiners (DE), conducting tests outside regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from DEs.<\/p>
<\/p>
DVSA also continues to deploy DEs from areas with lower waiting times into those where waiting times are longer.<\/p>
<\/p>
For recent recruitment campaigns, DVSA has used additional measures when advertising in and around the Greater London area, such as radio advertising, local managers attending and running recruitment events, and improved social media coverage.<\/p>
<\/p>
From recent recruitment DVSA has had 11 new DEs successful on their training course. This includes 10 for London and one for Essex.<\/p>
<\/p>
DVSA is planning training courses to the end of the business year and currently has nine individuals, who will serve the London and Essex areas, confirmed on courses to the end of February. Further applicants are in checks awaiting course dates.<\/p>
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In September, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) introduced a digital representation of the photocard driving licence as the latest enhancement to its Driver and Vehicle Account.<\/p>
The DVLA is in the process of introducing functionality which will enable customers to obtain a QR code to allow them to share information from their driving licence with third parties within the Driver and Vehicle Account in addition to the Share Driving Licence service.<\/p>
Discussions continue on future developments in the area of digital driving licences.<\/p>
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As information on nationality is not required for driving licence purposes, there are no plans for the Driver and Vehicle Agency to record this data for newly qualified drivers.<\/p>
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The Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing the local highway network.<\/p>
At Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced an extra £500 million for local highway maintenance for the 2025/26 financial year, an increase of nearly 50% compared to the current financial year - exceeding this Government\u2019s manifesto commitment on repairing local roads.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government will confirm 2025/26 funding allocations to English local highway authorities, including Lincolnshire County Council, in due course.<\/p>
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