Asked by: Ashley Dalton (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to help reduce the number of potholes (a) nationally and (b) in West Lancashire constituency.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department is providing Lancashire County Council with a total of over £37.5 million of highway maintenance funding this financial year. This includes a £5.1 million uplift from the additional £200 million announced at Budget 2023, and a £3.6 million uplift from the additional £150 million Network North funding announced on 4 October. Through the Network North funding, Lancashire County Council will receive a minimum additional uplift in road maintenance funding between 2023-24 and 2033-34 of £244.5 million. It is up to Lancashire County Council to determine how best to use this funding to fulfil its statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980.
Asked by: Ashley Dalton (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department plans to use when allocating the new £2.5 billion fund for local transport across all areas in the North; and what his planned timetable is for announcing those funding decisions.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Since the Government announced Network North on 4 October, the Department has been working closely with delivery partners to establish and progress plans for delivery. Announcements on the progress of business cases and delivery will be made in due course.
The Department will announce further details on the criteria for the allocation of the new £2.5 billion fund for local transport across all areas in the North and the timetable for announcing funding decisions in due course.
Asked by: Ashley Dalton (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact the Government's announcement on scrapping new smart motorways will have on existing smart motorways.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Honourable Member to the Written Ministerial Statement of 17 April 2023.