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Written question asked by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 January 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 January 2016 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Monday, 11 January 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2015 to Question 20054, what funding was allocated to the Winter Weather Repair Fund in 2014-15.

Answer

In 2014/15, the Government provided £950 million to local highway authorities for highways maintenance, including £168 million to specifically tackle potholes across the country.


In March 2014, the Government provided an additional £183.5 million to help repair local highway infrastructure damaged by the winter floods of 2013/14. This funding was spent by local highway authorities in 2014/15.


Overall, between 2010 to 2015, local highways maintenance funding was 27% or £1billion higher than under the previous Labour administration.



Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
21128
Session
2015-16
Related items
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Written questions
House of Commons
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Monday, 18 January 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Finance Weather Roads Repairs and maintenance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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