Question follow-through · 3670

Unadopted Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times has a Section 38 highway bond proved insufficient to cover the costs of bringing an unadopted road up to an adoptable standard following the insolvency of the developer in each of the last five y

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Department for Transport
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times has a Section 38 highway bond proved insufficient to cover the costs of bringing an unadopted road up to an adoptable standard following the insolvency of the developer in each of the last five y

  2. 1 Jun 2026

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  3. 1 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport does not hold centrally collected data on the number of occasions where a Section 38 highway bond has proved insufficient to cover the costs of bringing an unadopted road up to an adoptable standard following the insolvency of...

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