Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84275, how much highways maintenance funding was provided to local authorities in aggregate in real terms in each year since 2019-20, including 2025-26.

The above table includes highways maintenance capital funding from the Department for Transport, including the Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Potholes Funding, Network North, the Local Transport Grant, and highways funding that has been consolidated into City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) between 2022/23 to 2024/25. The figures also include funding from the Pothole Action Fund, the Wet Weather Resilience Fund, and the Traffic Signals Maintenance Scheme.

The £226 million Local Transport Grant of 2025/26 is for local transport and maintenance more widely. Integrated Transport Block funding is for local transport maintenance and enhancements.

*For 2025/26, the figures are exclusive of baseline highways maintenance funding and Integrated Transport Block funding that has been consolidated into CRSTS funding. The Department has not split out how much of this funding is for highways maintenance as, by the nature of the funding, it is consolidated transport funding for local authorities to decide how best to use. The real terms figure provided for 2025/26 would thus be higher if it were possible to include these figures.

These figures are presented in real terms and adjusted for inflation using 2024-25 prices. GDP deflators as of 30 September 2025 were used.