AQW 28934/17-22


Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down


Tabled Date: 28/01/2022
Answered On Date: 07/02/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the roads maintenance capital funding, for each financial year since 2007/08.


Answer:
Financial records are not retained by my Department prior to 2009-10. However I can provide you with expenditure on Capital Structural Maintenance covering the financial years from 2009-10 to 2020-21, and the forecast expenditure for 2021-22 as set out in the table below:
Financial Year
£’millions
2009-10
63
2010-11
61
2011-12
88
2012-13
84
2013-14
106
2014-15
80
2015-16
41
2016-17
76
2017-18
54
2018-19
92
2019-20
93
2020-21
83
2021-22
(forecast)
85
The expenditure in 2020-21 and the forecasted expenditure for 2021-22 includes my decision to prioritise £12m and £17m respectively, to a road recovery fund, of which £10m and £15m was allocated specifically to benefit rural roads.
Expenditure will have been determined by budget availability and capacity in a given year.
Capital Structural Maintenance includes Carriageway and Footway resurfacing, Asphalt Patching, Surface Dressing, and Structural Drainage and Stability.