Written questions

Utilities: Repairs and Maintenance

Commons · Question 88113 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer received on 23 October 2025 to Question 83549 on utilities: repairs and maintenance, what the evidential basis is to suggest potential misuse of emergency repair provisions by utilities i

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 11 Nov 2025

In response to the Honourable Member’s question on 23 October 2025, the data, sourced from Street Manager, the Government’s digital platform for managing highway works, shows no evidence of widespread misuse of immediate permits. The Department for Transp...