Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been provided to local highways authorities for local road maintenance in (a) England and (b) West Sussex in the current financial year.
The Department is providing councils in England, outside London, with just under £6 billion between now and 2021 for highways maintenance. Details of the funding per financial year per authority in England can be seen at the following weblink:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-maintenance-funding-allocations-201516-to-202021
For West Sussex we are providing £13.7 million this financial year.