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Roads: East Yorkshire

Answer

Local highway authorities, including the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highway network in their area. Local highway authorities do not have a requirement to routinely inform the Department of their spend on pothole repairs.

During the past five financial years the Department has provided over £73 million to East Riding of Yorkshire Council for local highway maintenance, including the repairs of road defects such as potholes.

Year	Highways Maintenance Block £m	Pothole Action Fund £m	Pothole Fund £m	Total £m
2019/20	10.741	0.623		11.364
2020/21	10.741	0.609	7.306	18.656
2021/22	7.663		6.130	13.793
2022/23	7.663		6.130	13.793
2023/24	7.663		8.582[1]	16.245
Total	44.471	1.232	28.148	73.851

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities also provides revenue funding to all local authorities, including the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, via the annual Revenue Support Grant. This is unringfenced and local authorities can use it for local highways maintenance.

^[1] Includes East Riding’s share of the extra £200 million for the year 2023/24 announced in the Budget 2023:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-maintenance-funding-allocations/additional-budget-2023-highways-maintenance-and-pothole-repair-funding-2023-to-2024

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

198038

Session

2022-23

Subjects

Expenditure Roads Repairs and maintenance East Yorkshire

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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