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Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for road maintenance for metropolitan authorities.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for road maintenance for metropolitan authorities.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Government recognises that historic under-investment has made it difficult for authorities to maintain their roads in the way that they would want to. The Government has therefore confirmed a record £7.3 billion investment into local highways maintena...

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