Henry Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Smith on 2016-01-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been provided to local highways authorities for local road maintenance in (a) England and (b) West Sussex in the current financial year.

Andrew Jones

The Department is providing councils in England, outside London, with just under £6 billion between now and 2021 for highways maintenance. Details of the funding per financial year per authority in England can be seen at the following weblink:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-maintenance-funding-allocations-201516-to-202021

For West Sussex we are providing £13.7 million this financial year.

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