Question follow-through · 72598
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle the variation between national and local standards for (a) preventing and (b) repairing potholes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle the variation between national and local standards for (a) preventing and (b) repairing potholes.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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5 Sept 2025
Answer published
Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. National Highways are responsible for the maintenance of Strategic Road Network in England. The Government will provide £24 bil...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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