Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Storm Chandra on the prevalence of pot holes in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset.

Water ingress into existing cracks and joints in road surfaces can accelerate the formation of defects such as potholes. Somerset Council is responsible for managing the impacts of wet weather on the condition of roads in Yeovil and Somerset as part of their responsibility to manage their local highway network, based upon their local knowledge and circumstances.

Somerset Council received £44,966,790 in highways maintenance funding during the 2025/26 financial year. For the period of 2026/27 to 2029/30, Somerset Council is eligible for a further £225,319,000 in highways maintenance funding, as part of the Government’s record £7.3 billion settlement for highways maintenance over that period.