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Written question asked by Louise Haigh (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 April 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 April 2022 (named day). It was answered by Trudy Harrison (Conservative) on Monday, 25 April 2022 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to transparency data on Highways maintenance and ITB funding formula allocations, 2022 to 2025, updated by his Department on 28 February 2022, how much funding is allocated to each local authority for potholes in each year from 2019-20 to 2024-25.

Answer

The £5.7 billion City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) programme provides long-term capital funding to improve the local transport networks of eight city regions across England over the next five years from 2022/23. These five-year settlements, confirmed with Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs), consolidate new and existing funds in these areas, including the Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, and the Potholes Fund.

The eligible MCAs have flexibility to manage their settlements to meet local transport priorities, including discretion on the funding of highways maintenance programmes within their areas and constituent local authorities. Prior to 2022/23 there were no local authorities covered by CRSTS, but funding for constituent local authorities still went directly to the MCA.

For 2019/20, the Pothole Action Fund was combined with the Flood Resilience Fund. The two funds provided a total of £50 million and the individual allocations for eligible local authorities in England, outside of London, are listed in the table below.

Details of the individual allocations for the remaining five years for local authorities are published on GOV.UK at the following links:

2020-21: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/roads-funding-information-pack/roads-funding-information-pack

2021-22: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-maintenance-funding-allocations/highways-maintenance-funding-formula-allocations-2021-to-2022

2022-23 – 2024/25: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-maintenance-funding-allocations

Authority

Pothole Action Fund & Flood Resilience Fund

Bedford Borough Council

162,473

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

98,498

Blackpool Council

81,477

Bournemouth Borough Council

92,325

Bracknell Forest Borough Council

84,931

Brighton and Hove City Council

108,485

Buckinghamshire County Council

593,292

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

987,459

Central Bedfordshire Council

259,529

Cheshire East Council

533,171

Cheshire West and Chester Council

436,018

Cornwall Council

1,293,715

Cumbria County Council

1,416,792

Derby City Council

133,305

Derbyshire County Council

1,014,920

Devon County Council

2,272,855

Dorset County Council

757,831

Durham County Council

661,777

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

623,454

East Sussex County Council

604,761

Essex County Council

1,405,787

Gateshead Council

156,879

Gloucestershire County Council

993,213

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

1,630,206

Hampshire County Council

1,543,481

Herefordshire Council

603,370

Hertfordshire County Council

889,480

Kent County Council

1,596,053

Kingston-upon-Hull City Council

128,716

Lancashire County Council

1,242,575

Leicester City Council

148,727

Leicestershire County Council

794,423

Lincolnshire County Council

1,642,351

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

991,589

Luton Borough Council

80,205

Medway Council

151,142

Milton Keynes Council

216,586

Newcastle City Council

170,564

Norfolk County Council

1,750,263

North East Lincolnshire Council

117,571

North Lincolnshire Council

251,576

North Somerset Council

204,795

North Tyneside Council

143,919

North Yorkshire County Council

1,637,180

Northamptonshire County Council

812,440

Northumberland County Council

899,542

Nottingham City Council

141,319

Nottinghamshire County Council

858,967

Oxfordshire County Council

864,837

Plymouth City Council

140,815

Borough of Poole Council

95,493

Portsmouth City Council

81,777

Reading Borough Council

72,114

Rutland County Council

102,003

Sheffield City Region Combined Authority

722,755

Shropshire Council

908,396

Slough Borough Council

54,952

Somerset County Council

1,211,948

South Tyneside Council

99,525

Southampton City Council

104,509

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

81,571

Staffordshire County Council

1,123,967

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

156,481

Suffolk County Council

1,236,079

Sunderland City Council

202,799

Surrey County Council

983,784

Swindon Borough Council

155,426

Tees Valley Combined Authority

534,488

Telford and Wrekin Council

185,289

Thurrock Council

104,519

Torbay Council

94,730

Warrington Borough Council

177,052

Warwickshire County Council

717,722

West Berkshire Council

240,000

West Midlands Combined Authority

941,981

West of England Combined Authority

661,564

West Sussex County Council

771,759

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

1,727,090

Wiltshire Council

857,899

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

121,018

Wokingham Borough Council

138,325

Worcestershire County Council

764,933

City Of York Council

142,417

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
156541
Session
2021-22
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Finance Local government Roads Repairs and maintenance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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