Question follow-through · 9841
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled How well does your council fix potholes? Tough new guidance for councils will end patch-up fixes and lead to smoother, safer journeys, published on 9 Ju
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled How well does your council fix potholes? Tough new guidance for councils will end patch-up fixes and lead to smoother, safer journeys, published on 9 Ju
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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23 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department publishes statistics on the condition of local roads in England annually Road conditions - GOV.UK. In the financial year ending March 2025, in Essex, maintenance should have been considered on 3% of local A road and motorway, 3% of B and C ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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