Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many tonnes of salt were held in the national emergency salt reserve managed by National Highways on behalf of his Department as of 1 December 2022.

For this winter season (2022/23), the Department has retained an emergency salt stockpile of approximately 254,078 tonnes with a further 92,554 tonnes being held by National Highways for use on the Strategic Network.