Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Condition and maintenance of Local Roads in England

Status: Closed Opened: 31 Oct 2024 Closed: 3 Apr 2025 13 recommendations 24 conclusions 1 report

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 other events, and not enough …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
2nd Report - Condition and maintenance of Local Roads in En… HC 349 17 Jan 2025 37 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
27 Recommendation 2nd Report - Condition and maintenance … Accepted in Part

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 defences, schools, hospitals and 47 C&AG’s Report, paras 2.7-2.8 and …

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.
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
21 Nov 2024 Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB · Department for Transport, Dave Buttery · Department for Transport, Rupert Furness · Department for Transport View ↗

Correspondence

7 letters
DateDirectionTitle
16 Jun 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Transport relating to…
13 May 2025 From cttee Letter to the Permanent Secretary for the Department of Transport relating to T…
9 Dec 2024 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating t…
9 Dec 2024 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating t…
9 Dec 2024 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating t…
9 Dec 2024 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating t…
9 Dec 2024 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport relating t…