Oral Question·Department for Education
“What progress her Department has made on the Mission Coastal programme.”
Tabled: 10 November 2026Answered: 16 November 2026
Asked by
Alison Hume
Labour — Scarborough and Whitby
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Transport (Heidi Alexander)
The Government are determined to help local authorities in England to tackle the highways maintenance backlog that is the result of a decade of under-investment by the previous Government. We are making an immediate start by providing an extra £500 million next year—an increase of nearly 50% compared with the current financial year.