Roads: East Yorkshire
(asked on 6th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on fixing potholes in East Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
Local highway authorities, including the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highway network in their area. Local highway authorities do not have a requirement to routinely inform the Department of their spend on pothole repairs.
During the past five financial years the Department has provided over £73 million to East Riding of Yorkshire Council for local highway maintenance, including the repairs of road defects such as potholes.
Year | Highways Maintenance Block £m | Pothole Action Fund £m | Pothole Fund £m | Total £m |
2019/20 | 10.741 | 0.623 |
| 11.364 |
2020/21 | 10.741 | 0.609 | 7.306 | 18.656 |
2021/22 | 7.663 |
| 6.130 | 13.793 |
2022/23 | 7.663 |
| 6.130 | 13.793 |
2023/24 | 7.663 |
| 8.582[1] | 16.245 |
Total | 44.471 | 1.232 | 28.148 | 73.851 |
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities also provides revenue funding to all local authorities, including the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, via the annual Revenue Support Grant. This is unringfenced and local authorities can use it for local highways maintenance.
[1] Includes East Riding’s share of the extra £200 million for the year 2023/24 announced in the Budget 2023: