Question follow-through · 44327
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to determine the allocation of funding for road resurfacing to local councils; and how these criteria have been applied to Dorset Council.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to determine the allocation of funding for road resurfacing to local councils; and how these criteria have been applied to Dorset Council.
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 Apr 2025
Answer published
The main criteria used to determine the allocation of highway maintenance funding to local highway authorities are road length and road classification, along with the number of bridges and street lighting columns that each local authority is responsible f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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