Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) national and (b) local highway maintenance in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much funding has been allocated for (i) national and (ii) local highway maintenance for the (A) 2023-24 and (B) 2024-25 financial years.
National Highways and its predecessor bodies have spent approximately £8.417 billion, funded by the Department for Transport, on maintenance and renewals on the strategic road network in England during the period 2010-11 to 2022-23. It is also providing funding of £2.234 billion over 2023-24 and 2024-25, although these funding pots include an element of Capex operational activity in addition to maintenance and renewals.
The Department has allocated a total of approximately £17.1 billion of capital funding for highway maintenance to local highway authorities in England over the period 2010-11 to 2024-25. For the (A) 2023-24 and (B) 2024-25 financial years the allocations are £1.475 billion and £1.275 billion respectively. These include the amounts provided to Mayoral Combined Authorities within their City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS).
Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities between 2020-21 – 2024-25 can be found on gov.uk.
Year | (a) National Maintenance – actual spend | (b) Local Highway Maintenance – allocated funding |
2005-06 | Not available | £660m |
2006-07 | £30m | £672m |
2007-08 | £108m | £683m |
2008-09 | £284m | £703m |
2009-10 | £793m | £755m |
2010-11 | £374.3m | £1,077m |
2011-12 | £373.4m | £806m |
2012-13 | £421.5m | £779m |
2013-14 | £517.1m | £1,063m |
2014-15 | £705.5m | £950m |
2015-16 | £663.3m | £1,154m |
2016-17 | £626.2m | £1,026m |
2017-18 | £776.1m | £1,222m |
2018-19 | £674.2m | £1,346m |
2019-20 | £733.8m | £1,051m |
2020-21 | £759.5m | £1,626m |
2021-22 | £881.1m | £1,125m |
2022-23 | £911.2m | £1,125m |
Budget Allocation
Year | (i) National Maintenance | (ii) Local Highway Maintenance |
2023-24 | £1,118m* | £1,475m |
2024-25 | £1,116m* | £1,275m |
* To note that the National Highways budgets for 2023-24 & 2024-25 include an element of Capex Operational activity and other business costs in addition to Maintenance & Renewals.