Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 119745

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 10 March 2026

Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Patrick Spencer

Conservative — Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of pothole a) reports and b) repairs per capita in i) urban and ii) rural local authorities in the last 12 months.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Department for Transport does not hold data on the number of pothole reports made to local authorities. Under section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, local highway authorities are responsible for the condition of their local road networks, including resp...

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