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Written question asked by Tahir Ali (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 December 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 December 2023. A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 13 December 2023. A substantive answer was provided by Guy Opperman (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 December 2023 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Birmingham

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for providing feedback on the Full Business Case for the Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management PFI contract, submitted to his Department by Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Highways Ltd in August 2023.

Answer

The Government has funded Birmingham City Council’s Highways Maintenance contract at £50.3 million a year for 13 years and will continue to do so, maintaining the current level of funding to the council at £50 million a year for the remainder of the current spending review period until 2023/24.

After this time, West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) will become eligible for an additional share of the £8.3 billion as the £151 million for WMCA did not previously include an allocation for Birmingham City Council’s roads. This is part of the £2.2 billion wider funding for East Midlands and West Midlands.

This is in addition to the £1bn of CRSTS funding to WMCA up to 2026/27, and CRSTS 2 indicative funding of over £2.6billion over 5 years from 2027/28 to 2031/32.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5289
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Contracts Birmingham Private finance initiative Roads Repairs and maintenance
Link
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