PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance (6 November 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has provided for the repair of potholes (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally in each of the last ten years.

Asked by:
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain)

The Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing the local highway network. Norfolk County Council is the local highway authority for the Great Yarmouth constituency, and they are therefore responsible for the condition and maintenance of their local network.

This Government has a commitment to enable local highway authorities in England to fix up to a million more potholes a year. At Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced an extra £500 million for local highway maintenance for the 2025/26 financial year, an increase of nearly 50% compared to the current financial year. The Government will confirm funding allocations to English local highway authorities in due course.

The funding the Department has provided for local highway maintenance, including but not limited to the repair of potholes, in Norfolk and nationally in each of the last ten years is in the table below:

Year	Highways Maintenance funding - Norfolk County Council (£m)	Total Highways Maintenance funding - England (£m)
2015/16	28.637	1,156
2016/17	29.474	1,026
2017/18	33.812	1,222
2018/19	42.338	1,346
2019/20	29.592	1,051
2020/21	50.073	1,626
2021/22*	35.757	1,125*
2022/23*	35.757	1,125*
2023/24*	46.623	1,475*
2024/25*	40.267	1,275*

*Includes equivalent funding within areas in England receiving City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements.

Answered by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
11 November 2024