Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on (a) highway maintenance and (b) transport infrastructure in each year since 2011.
a) Highway Maintenance
Just over £9 billion has been invested in highway maintenance since 2011:
£m | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | Total |
Local Highways Network Maintenance | 1006 | 779 | 1073 | 950 | 1156 | 4964 |
Highways England Maintenance | 809 | 708 | 792 | 981 | 955 | 4245 |
Total | 1815 | 1487 | 1865 | 1931 | 2111 | 9209 |
(b) Transport infrastructure in each year since 2011
Investing in transport infrastructure to support a strong economy is at the heart of what the Department does. We have invested over £50 billion in the rail network, strategic road network and local transport since 2011:.
£m | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | Total |
Total Capital DEL | 7,777 | 7,934 | 8,537 | 9,389 | 5,961 | 39,597 |
Total Capital AME | -33 | -61 | 13 | 6,695 | 6,544 | 13,158 |
Total Capital | 7,744 | 7,873 | 8,549 | 16,0841 | 12,5051 | 52,755 |
1 Since Network Rail was reclassified in 2014 the Department for Transport has been funding Network Rail through a loan facility (previously Network Rail had borrowed from the Private Sector). In 2014-15 Network Rail was not consolidated within the Departmental Accounts and therefore the Accounts show that we funded them not only through the Network Grant but also this loan, which were budgeted for in CDEL and CAME respectively. For 2015-16, both of these items scored outside of budgets and instead we fully consolidated Network Rail’s income and expenditure in the Accounts. This is reflected in the change in capital spend figures in 2014/15 and 2015/16.