Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 120746

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 16 March 2026

Answered: 24 March 2026

Question

Dan Norris

Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she collects data on local highways authority spending on highways maintenance additional to funding provided by central government.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Local authorities are responsible for setting their own highways maintenance budgets, drawing on a combination of Department for Transport capital funding and their wider local resources. To support greater transparency, the Department introduced a requir...

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