Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 121006

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 16 March 2026

Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026 to question 117027, whether her Department plans to review highways maintenance funding formulas alongside the review of highways maintenance best practice.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The government plans to review the funding formula that it uses to distribute capital funding to local highways authorities to see whether it can be adjusted to consider, for example, the conditions that affect the wear and tear of local roads. However, t...

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