The Department told us that it will not be asking local authorities to provide a wider range of information as part of the new standard to avoid increasing the administrative burden on local authorities.25 The Department confirmed that it will continue to collect information only on the condition of the road surface, not on the condition of associated parts of the network such as cycleways, walkways and bridges. It will also not require local authorities to increase the proportion of the local road network they monitor each year.26