Condition and maintenance of Local Roads in England

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 31 Oct 2024 Closed: 3 Apr 2025 Parliament page
The Committee’s 2014 report on roads concluded that a piecemeal and stop-go approach to funding from the Government for road maintenance in recent decades was making it difficult for highway authorities to maintain roads cost-effectively. It identified that there had been too much reactive work in response to flooding and … Read more
13 Recommendations
24 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
7 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 11 events
16 Jun
2025
Correspondence
13 May
2025
Correspondence
6 May
2025
Report published
17 Jan
2025
Report published
9 Dec
2024
Correspondence
9 Dec
2024
Correspondence
9 Dec
2024
Correspondence
9 Dec
2024
Correspondence
9 Dec
2024
Correspondence
21 Nov
2024
Oral evidence
21 Nov
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
21 Nov 2024
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Local roads in England
Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB · Department for Transport Dave Buttery · Department for Transport Rupert Furness · Department for Transport
Title HC No. Published Items Response
2nd Report - Condition and maintenance of Local Roads in England HC 349 17 Jan 2025 37 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
27 Recommendation Accepted in Part
2nd Report - Condition and mainten…
Significant unspent Community Infrastructure Levy funds exist, with potential for transport investment.
Just over half of local planning authorities in England charge a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to fund local infrastructure for new developments.55 This levy can be used to increase the capacity of or to repair existing infrastructure, including transport, flood … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees, noting existing guidance already covers CIL use for infrastructure. It will explore with MHLG how Infrastructure Funding Statements can be better communicated at a community level to increase awareness of CIL and its potential spending.
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Government Response AI assessment · 36 of 13 classified
Accepted 30
Accepted in Part 1
Deferred 4
Not Addressed 1
Total 13 recs + 24 conclusions
Correspondence 7 letters
16 Jun 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Transport relating to the 2nd Report of Session 2024-25, Condition and maintenance of Local Roads in England, Recommendations 4a and 5, 09 June 2025
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13 May 2025 From committee Letter to the Permanent Secretary for the Department of Transport relating to Treasury Minute Response on The Condition of Local Roads in England
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9 Dec 2024 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating to the Local road inquiry follow up on Autonomous vehicles, 05 December 2024
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9 Dec 2024 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating to the Local road inquiry follow up on local authority expenditure, 05 December 2024
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9 Dec 2024 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating to the Local road inquiry follow up on Private Finance Initiatives, 05 December 2024
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9 Dec 2024 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating to the Local road inquiry follow up on Community infrastructure levy, 05 December 2024
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9 Dec 2024 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating to the Local road inquiry PAS2161 Road Condition Monitoring Data Standard, 05 December 2024
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