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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance (4 December 2023)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release entitled £8 billion boost to repair roads and back drivers, published on 17 November 2023, what his planned timescale is for the rollout of that funding.

Asked by:
Bill Esterson (Labour)

Answer

Across England, local highway authorities are receiving an additional £150 million this financial year as the first instalment of the £8.3 billion roads resurfacing fund through Network North.

This is in addition to the £915 million baseline funding for 2023/24 for those English highway authorities which are outside London and outside the Mayoral Combined Authority areas in receipt of City Region Sustainable Settlements, for whom separate arrangements apply. It is also in addition to the £200 million increase for the 2023/24 financial year that was announced at Budget 2023.

All eligible highway authorities in England will receive a further uplift from the additional £150 million that is also being provided in 2024/2025. Further details of how the rest of the £8.3 billion will be allocated will be announced in due course, this is anticipated to take place at a future Spending Review.

The tables below provide confirmed funding levels for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025, and the indicative minimum additional funding allocations between 2023 to 2024 and 2033 to 2034 inclusive.

Local Authority allocations:

Local authority

Current baseline allocation per year (HMB + Pothole Fund) (£000)

2023-24 – additional funding (£000)

2024-25 – additional funding (£000)

Minimum additional overall uplift between 2023-24 and 2033-34 (£000)

Bedford

3,728

470

470

14,725

Blackburn with Darwen

2,408

306

306

20,438

Blackpool

1,501

191

191

12,727

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

4,786

604

604

18,903

Bracknell Forest

2,124

268

268

8,391

Brighton and Hove

3,274

413

413

12,935

Buckinghamshire

13,111

1,654

1,654

51,785

Central Bedfordshire

5,564

702

702

21,983

Cheshire East

13,048

1,658

1,658

110,731

Cheshire West and Chester

9,929

1,262

1,262

84,257

Cornwall

28,325

3,573

3,573

111,883

County Durham

14,841

1,886

1,886

125,951

Cumberland

15,339

1,949

1,949

130,180

Derby

2,765

352

352

20,545

Derbyshire

23,699

3,014

3,014

176,114

Devon

52,823

6,663

6,663

208,657

Dorset

16,391

2,068

2,068

64,749

East Riding of Yorkshire

13,793

1,753

1,753

117,059

East Sussex

13,275

1,674

1,674

52,432

Essex

30,685

3,870

3,870

121,205

Gateshead

3,420

435

435

29,028

Gloucestershire

22,266

2,809

2,809

87,955

Hampshire

33,493

4,225

4,225

132,297

Herefordshire, County of

14,389

1,830

1,830

106,918

Hertfordshire

22,230

2,804

2,804

87,813

Isle of Wight

None – private financial initiative (PFI)

None – PFI

None – PFI

None – PFI

Isles of Scilly

None – separate funding arrangement

None – separate funding arrangement

None – separate funding arrangement

None – separate funding arrangement

Kent

34,058

4,296

4,296

134,531

Kingston upon Hull, City of

2,810

357

357

23,855

Lancashire

28,811

3,661

3,661

244,511

Leicester

3,262

415

415

24,241

Leicestershire

17,755

2,258

2,258

131,939

Lincolnshire

38,723

4,924

4,924

287,750

London

None – separate funding arrangement

7,530

7,530

235,804

Luton

1,708

215

215

6,746

Medway

3,177

401

401

12,552

Milton Keynes

6,397

807

807

25,263

Newcastle upon Tyne

3,389

431

431

28,758

Norfolk

35,757

4,510

4,510

141,240

North East Lincolnshire

2,491

317

317

21,145

North Lincolnshire

5,744

730

730

48,754

North Northamptonshire

8,404

1,069

1,069

62,450

North Somerset

5,011

632

632

19,789

North Tyneside

2,819

358

358

23,922

North Yorkshire

37,021

4,704

4,704

314,185

Northumberland

21,780

2,768

2,768

184,836

Nottingham

2,765

352

352

20,554

Nottinghamshire

18,630

2,369

2,369

138,443

Oxfordshire

20,846

2,629

2,629

82,340

Plymouth

2,903

366

366

11,469

Portsmouth

1,786

225

225

7,054

Reading

1,838

232

232

7,262

Rutland

2,381

303

303

17,696

Shropshire

20,599

2,619

2,619

153,072

Slough

1,129

142

142

4,457

Somerset

28,111

3,546

3,546

111,039

South Tyneside

1,933

246

246

16,408

Southampton

2,128

268

268

8,406

Southend-on-Sea

1,739

219

219

6,868

Staffordshire

25,067

3,188

3,188

186,273

Stoke-on-Trent

2,972

378

378

22,087

Suffolk

27,238

3,436

3,436

107,590

Sunderland

4,129

525

525

35,035

Surrey

20,869

2,632

2,632

82,436

Swindon

3,496

441

441

13,807

Telford and Wrekin

4,311

548

548

32,035

Thurrock

2,489

314

314

9,832

Torbay

1,820

230

230

7,193

Warrington

3,989

507

507

33,858

Warwickshire

16,171

2,056

2,056

120,168

West Berkshire

5,387

679

679

21,279

West Northamptonshire

10,669

1,357

1,357

79,281

West Sussex

17,136

2,161

2,161

67,684

Westmorland and Furness

18,474

2,347

2,347

156,777

Wiltshire

20,727

2,614

2,614

81,869

Windsor and Maidenhead

2,720

343

343

10,741

Wokingham

3,314

418

418

13,095

Worcestershire

18,738

2,383

2,383

139,243

York, City of

2,835

360

360

24,055

Total

945,663

127,249

127,249

5,731,338

Combined local authority allocations

Combined authority (CA)

Current baseline allocation per year (HMB + Pothole Fund) (£000)

2023-24 – additional funding (£000)

2024-25 – additional funding (£000)

Minimum additional uplift from 2023-24 to 2033-34 (£000)

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA

23,062

2,909

2,909

91,095

Greater Manchester CA

City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS)

4,438

4,438

296,466

Liverpool City Region CA

CRSTS

2,684

2,684

179,225

South Yorkshire MCA

CRSTS

1,994

1,994

133,175

Tees Valley CA

CRSTS

1,499

1,499

100,104

West Midlands CA

CRSTS

2,586

2,586

151,192

West of England CA

CRSTS

2,007

2,007

62,847

West Yorkshire CA

CRSTS

4,633

4,633

309,559

CA total

Most receive funding via CRSTS

22,750

22,750

1,323,663


Answered by:
Guy Opperman (Conservative)
7 December 2023

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