Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the introduction of "pot-hole spotter systems".

The Department for Transport announced in January 2017 that it was undertaking an innovative trial on the way potholes are identified and managed.

The Department for Transport is working in partnership with Thurrock, York and Wiltshire councils and two private sector SME’s, Soenecs and Gaist, to undertake the pothole spotter trial which allows high-definition cameras to be mounted to refuse collection vehicles to help identify road surface problems before they become potholes.

Data has been collected from the trial and is currently being assessed. A “lessons learned” report will be published by end March 2019.