Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

(asked on 14th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was their expenditure in real terms on road maintenance each year since 2000 for which figures are available.


Answered by
Lord Davies of Gower Portrait
Lord Davies of Gower
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 28th November 2023

The table summarises maintenance expenditure by road class, adjusted for inflation, in England, from April 2005 onwards.

Road class

Financial Year Ending (FYE)

Structural Treatment [Note 1, 2]

Routine and other Treatment [Note 1, 2]

Highways Maintenance Policy, Planning and Strategy [Note 2]

Total [Note 2]

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2006

728

457

[z]

1,185

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2007

681

466

[z]

1,148

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2008

646

513

[z]

1,159

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2009

633

530

[z]

1,164

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2010 [Note 4]

1,166

477

[z]

1,643

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2011

579

375

[z]

954

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2012

595

387

[z]

982

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2013

513

332

[z]

845

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2014

620

306

[z]

926

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2015

864

270

[z]

1,135

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2016

790

305

[z]

1,095

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2017

716

292

[z]

1,007

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2018

870

287

[z]

1,157

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2019

744

299

[z]

1,043

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2020

777

283

[z]

1,060

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2021

763

297

[z]

1,059

Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]

FYE 2022

887

285

[z]

1,172

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2006

2,439

1,664

389

4,492

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2007

2,315

1,596

428

4,338

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2008

2,265

1,721

419

4,406

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2009

2,213

1,315

390

3,918

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2010 [Note 4]

2,502

1,774

421

4,696

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2011

2,386

1,673

390

4,449

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2012

2,313

1,573

345

4,231

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2013

2,022

1,528

339

3,888

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2014

2,119

1,496

358

3,973

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2015

2,539

1,315

323

4,178

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2016

2,489

1,246

369

4,103

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2017

2,507

1,198

380

4,085

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2018

2,442

1,243

363

4,047

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2019

2,792

1,116

351

4,259

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2020

2,661

1,103

403

4,167

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2021

2,650

1,092

399

4,141

Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]

FYE 2022

2,484

1,153

532

4,168

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2006

745

552

[z]

1,297

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2007

690

487

[z]

1,177

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2008

616

608

[z]

1,224

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2009

601

370

[z]

971

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2010 [Note 4]

779

686

[z]

1,464

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2011

774

565

[z]

1,339

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2012

874

601

[z]

1,474

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2013

688

581

[z]

1,270

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2014

750

608

[z]

1,358

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2015

976

426

[z]

1,401

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2016

927

464

[z]

1,391

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2017

1,192

415

[z]

1,607

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2018

1,047

477

[z]

1,524

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2019

1,069

359

[z]

1,428

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2020

1,021

326

[z]

1,347

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2021

973

321

[z]

1,295

Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads

FYE 2022

852

360

[z]

1,212

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2006

1,694

1,112

[z]

2,806

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2007

1,625

1,108

[z]

2,733

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2008

1,649

1,114

[z]

2,763

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2009

1,612

945

[z]

2,557

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2010 [Note 4]

1,723

1,088

[z]

2,811

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2011

1,612

1,108

[z]

2,720

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2012

1,439

973

[z]

2,412

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2013

1,333

946

[z]

2,280

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2014

1,369

889

[z]

2,258

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2015

1,564

890

[z]

2,453

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2016

1,561

782

[z]

2,343

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2017

1,315

783

[z]

2,098

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2018

1,394

766

[z]

2,160

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2019

1,723

758

[z]

2,480

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2020

1,640

777

[z]

2,417

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2021

1,676

771

[z]

2,447

Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')

FYE 2022

1,632

793

[z]

2,42

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