Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government how they monitor the condition of bridges; and when they last received a request for data collection from local authorities concerning bridge conditions.

Monitoring the structural condition of bridges and other assets on the local highway network is a matter for local highway authorities.

The National Audit Office (NAO) recommended in its July 2024 report on the condition and maintenance of local roads in England that the Department for Transport should request information on the condition of other key road network assets, such as bridges, where local authorities are already collecting these data. The Department is currently considering its response to the NAO’s recommendations.

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