Simon Lightwood corrected a written answer on Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

31 October 2025 · Commons written answer · Department for Transport

Mr Richard Holden (Conservative, Basildon and Billericay) asked written question 78701 on 10 October 2025. Simon Lightwood answered on 20 October 2025 for the Department for Transport, and Simon Lightwood corrected the answer on 31 October 2025. The correction replaced 2 figures (£5.7 billion, £6.5 billion) with 3 figures (£226 million, £500m, £8 billion). Altogether 211 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has allocated to (a) road maintenance and (b) pothole repairs in each year since 2022; and what the total amount is allocated over that period.

Original and corrected answer

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The Department has allocated ~~a total of~~ approximately ~~£6.5~~ billion ~~capital funding~~ for ~~highway~~ maintenance ~~to local highway authorities~~ in England over the period ~~of April 2022 – March 2025.~~ This includes ~~baseline~~ and ~~additional~~ funding ~~allocations paid to authorities over the selected years, however, for eligible authorities receiving~~ City Region Sustainable Transport ~~Settlements,~~ baseline highways maintenance funding has been consolidated ~~within their wider devolved £5.7 billion~~ local transport ~~capital settlements over 2022-23 to 2026-27.~~ ~~All allocations~~ for funding ~~to eligible local highway authorities between April 2022 – March 2025 can be found on gov.uk.~~	The Department has allocated approximately £8 billion for local highways maintenance in England over the period 2021/22 to 2025/26. This includes a range of funding sources including the Highways Maintenance Block, the Integrated Transport Block, Potholes Funding, Network North, the Local Transport Grant, and highways funding that has been consolidated into City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS). The figure is exclusive of baseline highways maintenance funding and Integrated Transport Block funding that has been consolidated into CRSTS funding for 2025/26. The Department has not split out how much of this funding is for highways maintenance as, by the nature of the funding, it is consolidated transport funding for local authorities to decide how best to use. The £226 million Local Transport Grant of 2025/26 is for local transport and maintenance more widely. Integrated Transport Block funding is for local transport maintenance and enhancements. The above figure also includes the £500m funding uplift for local highways maintenance in 2025/26 that the Government announced at the Autumn Budget 2024. Further information on these funding streams is available online, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-maintenance-funding-allocations https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-transport-grant-allocations/local-transport-grant-ltg-allocations-2025-to-2026 .

Original

Corrected

The Department has allocated ~~a total of~~ approximately ~~£6.5~~ billion ~~capital funding~~ for ~~highway~~ maintenance ~~to local highway authorities~~ in England over the period ~~of April 2022 – March 2025.~~ This includes ~~baseline~~ and ~~additional~~ funding ~~allocations paid to authorities over the selected years, however, for eligible authorities receiving~~ City Region Sustainable Transport ~~Settlements,~~ baseline highways maintenance funding has been consolidated ~~within their wider devolved £5.7 billion~~ local transport ~~capital settlements over 2022-23 to 2026-27.~~
~~All allocations~~ for funding ~~to eligible local highway authorities between April 2022 – March 2025 can be found on gov.uk.~~

The Department has allocated approximately £8 billion for local highways maintenance in England over the period 2021/22 to 2025/26.
This includes a range of funding sources including the Highways Maintenance Block, the Integrated Transport Block, Potholes Funding, Network North, the Local Transport Grant, and highways funding that has been consolidated into City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS).
The figure is exclusive of baseline highways maintenance funding and Integrated Transport Block funding that has been consolidated into CRSTS funding for 2025/26. The Department has not split out how much of this funding is for highways maintenance as, by the nature of the funding, it is consolidated transport funding for local authorities to decide how best to use.
The £226 million Local Transport Grant of 2025/26 is for local transport and maintenance more widely. Integrated Transport Block funding is for local transport maintenance and enhancements.
The above figure also includes the £500m funding uplift for local highways maintenance in 2025/26 that the Government announced at the Autumn Budget 2024.
Further information on these funding streams is available online, at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-maintenance-funding-allocations
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-transport-grant-allocations/local-transport-grant-ltg-allocations-2025-to-2026 .

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