Since 2020–21, the Department has provided local authorities with funding from the Potholes fund which, by the end of 2024–25, is expected to total £2.2 billion.38 Along with a further one off top up in 2023–24, specific pothole funding from the Department represented 40% of its capital funding to local authorities in that year.39 In the Autumn Budget 2024 the Chancellor announced a further £500 million for road maintenance, aiming to fix a further one million potholes across England each year.40