Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what financial support they are providing to local authorities to improve road surfaces.

The Government is providing local highway authorities with a three-year funding settlement for local highway maintenance amounting to approximately £915 million of capital funding per year. This funding covers the financial years 2022/23 to 2024/25 and is for local highway authorities across England outside of London and the Mayoral Combined Authorities which receive separate funding.

In addition to this settlement, at Budget 2023 the Chancellor announced an extra £200 million for highways maintenance for the 2023/24 financial year.

Mayoral Combined Authorities are receiving City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements amounting to £5.7 billion over five years, which includes funding for maintenance for their local highway networks.