Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Commons · Question 119745 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Patrick Spencer
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of pothole a) reports and b) repairs per capita in i) urban and ii) rural local authorities in the last 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 16 Mar 2026
The Department for Transport does not hold data on the number of pothole reports made to local authorities. Under section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, local highway authorities are responsible for the condition of their local road networks, including resp...