Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

(asked on 15th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) national and (b) local highway maintenance in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much funding has been allocated for (i) national and (ii) local highway maintenance for the (A) 2023-24 and (B) 2024-25 financial years.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 23rd January 2024

National Highways and its predecessor bodies have spent approximately £8.417 billion, funded by the Department for Transport, on maintenance and renewals on the strategic road network in England during the period 2010-11 to 2022-23. It is also providing funding of £2.234 billion over 2023-24 and 2024-25, although these funding pots include an element of Capex operational activity in addition to maintenance and renewals.

The Department has allocated a total of approximately £17.1 billion of capital funding for highway maintenance to local highway authorities in England over the period 2010-11 to 2024-25. For the (A) 2023-24 and (B) 2024-25 financial years the allocations are £1.475 billion and £1.275 billion respectively. These include the amounts provided to Mayoral Combined Authorities within their City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS).

Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities between 2020-21 – 2024-25 can be found on gov.uk.

Year

(a) National Maintenance – actual spend

(b) Local Highway Maintenance – allocated funding

2005-06

Not available

£660m

2006-07

£30m

£672m

2007-08

£108m

£683m

2008-09

£284m

£703m

2009-10

£793m

£755m

2010-11

£374.3m

£1,077m

2011-12

£373.4m

£806m

2012-13

£421.5m

£779m

2013-14

£517.1m

£1,063m

2014-15

£705.5m

£950m

2015-16

£663.3m

£1,154m

2016-17

£626.2m

£1,026m

2017-18

£776.1m

£1,222m

2018-19

£674.2m

£1,346m

2019-20

£733.8m

£1,051m

2020-21

£759.5m

£1,626m

2021-22

£881.1m

£1,125m

2022-23

£911.2m

£1,125m

Budget Allocation

Year

(i) National Maintenance

(ii) Local Highway Maintenance

2023-24

£1,118m*

£1,475m

2024-25

£1,116m*

£1,275m

* To note that the National Highways budgets for 2023-24 & 2024-25 include an element of Capex Operational activity and other business costs in addition to Maintenance & Renewals.

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