Barry Sheerman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2014-05-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Highways Agency in maintaining roads in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees and (c) Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Highways Agency Business Plan sets out the strategic objectives and the in-year targets to be achieved. It includes a target covering road surface condition. Each Highways Agency region contributes to those targets, including Yorkshire and the North East. The Agency’s performance against the targets for the financial year 2013/14 is due to be published in its Annual Report by summer 2014.

The Agency is unable to identify separately the contribution to Business Plan targets by individual constituency or local authority area.