Mentions:
1: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) than £3 million a year through the bus service operators grant to community transport operators in England - Speech Link
2: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) Friend’s question, Network North will see a further £19.8 billion of investment in the north of England - Speech Link
3: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) Our record funding increase of £8.3 billion for local highways maintenance in England over the next decade - Speech Link
4: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) That funding will pay for the resurfacing of more than 5,000 miles of roads, thus delivering to the hon - Speech Link
5: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) published updated taxi and private hire vehicle best practice guidance for licensing authorities in England - Speech Link
Oct. 12 2023
Source Page: Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2022 to 2023 outturn - first releaseFound: Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2022 to 2023 outturn - first release
Mentions:
1: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) These include a concurrent power with Homes England, powers on regeneration and transport, and powers - Speech Link
2: None closely with Homes England, to promote housing and regeneration. - Speech Link
3: None The mayor will have control over a consolidated and devolved transport budget, with the power to pay - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None The mayor will also have control over a consolidated and devolved transport budget, with the power to pay - Speech Link
2: None It found that the north-east is the worst-performing region in England. - Speech Link
3: None Lastly on transport, I can see the division of responsibility for highways between local councils and - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) Wildfire represents a serious threat to large parts of the UK—not just England but the whole of the UK—and - Speech Link
2: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) Will he address the issue of highways authorities not having responsibility for surface water run off - Speech Link
3: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con - Life peer) It is completely irresponsible to move ahead of people’s ability to pay. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) Unfortunately, in the last pay round, they put an extra £5 on that. - Speech Link
2: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) If we want cheap ones, we are going to have to pay to import them from China. - Speech Link
3: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) London has seen little of the decline experienced in other parts of England. Why? - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) Network Rail alone will be investing around £2.4 billion in England and Wales over the next five years - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for everything he has done in the homelessness space. - Speech Link
2: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) The Government are also investing more than £5 billion into local highways maintenance in this Parliament - Speech Link
3: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) Gentleman’s benefit, let me repeat those figures of £5 billion for local highways maintenance and the - Speech Link
4: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) Those sums can and should be used by upper-tier authorities, which are the highways authority, to ensure - Speech Link
5: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) In 2010, total wealth per head in the north of England was 16% lower than in the rest of England. - Speech Link
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the rate of road repairs.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The government is providing £6.5bn during the second road investment strategy (2020-2025) to National Highways for the operation and maintenance of the Strategic Road Network (SRN). National Highways are required to report against a Key Performance Indicator which measures the overall road surface condition of the SRN, through its monitoring of this performance indicator National Highways can focus its efforts on areas most in need and priority repairs.
To undertake road repairs National Highways have to part or fully close the road. National Highways have to weigh up the impact of closing the road on users against the benefit of carrying out the repairs as quickly as possible. Safety of the workforce and road users and the needs of neighbouring communities are some of the key factors considered when determining traffic management measures.
For local roads, between 2020/21 – 2024/25 the Government is providing over £5.5 billion to eligible local highways authorities in England, outside of London and the Mayoral Combined Authorities to help carry out maintenance of the highway. This funding is not ringfenced, enabling local authorities to spend flexibly according to local needs and priorities. Maintenance of the local highway network is the responsibility of the local authority.
Highway authorities are also able to introduce and operate lane rental schemes. As part of these, utility companies may need to pay charges of up to £2,500 per day for works on the busiest roads at the busiest times, unless they move the works to less busy roads or carry them out at less busy times.
Mar. 04 2008
Source Page: Maritime and Coastguard Agency pay benchmarking analysis. 41 p.Found: Maritime and Coastguard Agency pay benchmarking analysis. 41 p.
Mar. 25 2010
Source Page: Highways Agency business plan 2010-11. Incl. annexes. 36 p.Found: Highways Agency business plan 2010-11. Incl. annexes. 36 p.