Transparency data

Local highways maintenance: additional funding from 2023 to 2034

Updated 20 December 2023

Applies to England

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On 4 October 2023, the government announced £8.3 billion of additional highways maintenance funding over the period 2023 to 2024 and the next 10 years for local road resurfacing and wider maintenance activity on the local highway network. This consists of:  

  • £3.3 billion for local authorities (LAs) in the North West, North East, and Yorkshire and the Humber  
  • £2.2 billion for LAs in the West Midlands and East Midlands   
  • £2.8 billion for LAs in the East of England, South East, South West and London  

This funding is in addition to local transport funding from the last Spending Review and in addition to what LAs were expecting in future. Allocated across the next 11 years, it will represent an increase of around two-thirds in Department for Transport (DfT) support for local roads. Fifteen per cent of the funds will be allocated at a later date with the details to be confirmed in due course.

The table below provides confirmed funding levels for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025, and the indicative minimum additional funding allocations between 2023 to 2024 and 2033 to 2034 inclusive. This new money is additional to the existing Highways Maintenance Block (HMB) and Pothole Fund.

Additional funding has been allocated based on the existing HMB formula, which is based on the road length and the number of bridges and street lighting columns that each authority is responsible for maintaining. As London does not currently receive HMB, its funding has been allocated based on road length.  

The year-by-year profile beyond 2024 to 2025 has not yet been finalised, but the funding is expected to increase over time.

DfT may also look to introduce an enhanced incentive element from 2025 to 2026 onwards to ensure that best practice in sustainable highways asset management is adhered to. All funding is capital.

Table 1: regional allocations

Region 2023-24 additional funding (£000) 2024-25 additional funding (£000) Minimum additional overall uplift between 2023-24 and 2033-34 (£000) Remaining funding to be allocated at a later date (£000) Total allocations (£000)
North 42,000 42,000 2,805,000 495,000 3,300,000
Midlands 32,000 32,000 1,870,000 330,000 2,200,000
Rest of England 76,000 76,000 2,380,000 420,000 2,800,000
England total 150,000 150,000 7,055,000 1,245,000 8,300,000

Table 2: local authority allocations outside London

Local authority Current baseline allocation per year (HMB + Pothole Fund) (£000) 2023-24 – additional funding (£000) 2024-25 – additional funding (£000) Minimum additional overall uplift between 2023-24 and 2033-34 (£000)
Bedford 3,728 470 470 14,725
Blackburn with Darwen 2,408 306 306 20,438
Blackpool 1,501 191 191 12,727
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 4,786 604 604 18,903
Bracknell Forest 2,124 268 268 8,391
Brighton and Hove 3,274 413 413 12,935
Buckinghamshire 13,111 1,654 1,654 51,785
Central Bedfordshire 5,564 702 702 21,983
Cheshire East 13,048 1,658 1,658 110,731
Cheshire West and Chester 9,929 1,262 1,262 84,257
Cornwall 28,325 3,573 3,573 111,883
County Durham[footnote 1] 14,841 1,886 1,886 125,951
Cumberland[footnote 2] 15,339 1,949 1,949 130,180
Derby[footnote 3] 2,765 352 352 20,545
Derbyshire[footnote 3] 23,699 3,014 3,014 176,114
Devon 52,823 6,663 6,663 208,657
Dorset 16,391 2,068 2,068 64,749
East Riding of Yorkshire 13,793 1,753 1,753 117,059
East Sussex 13,275 1,674 1,674 52,432
Essex 30,685 3,870 3,870 121,205
Gateshead[footnote 1] 3,420 435 435 29,028
Gloucestershire 22,266 2,809 2,809 87,955
Hampshire 33,493 4,225 4,225 132,297
Herefordshire, County of 14,389 1,830 1,830 106,918
Hertfordshire 22,230 2,804 2,804 87,813
Isle of Wight None – private financial initiative (PFI) None – PFI None – PFI None – PFI
Isles of Scilly None – separate funding arrangement None – separate funding arrangement None – separate funding arrangement None – separate funding arrangement
Kent 34,058 4,296 4,296 134,531
Kingston upon Hull, City of 2,810 357 357 23,855
Lancashire 28,811 3,661 3,661 244,511
Leicester 3,262 415 415 24,241
Leicestershire 17,755 2,258 2,258 131,939
Lincolnshire 38,723 4,924 4,924 287,750
Luton 1,708 215 215 6,746
Medway 3,177 401 401 12,552
Milton Keynes 6,397 807 807 25,263
Newcastle upon Tyne[footnote 1] 3,389 431 431 28,758
Norfolk 35,757 4,510 4,510 141,240
North East Lincolnshire 2,491 317 317 21,145
North Lincolnshire 5,744 730 730 48,754
North Northamptonshire 8,404 1,069 1,069 62,450
North Somerset 5,011 632 632 19,789
North Tyneside[footnote 1] 2,819 358 358 23,922
North Yorkshire[footnote 4] 37,021 4,704 4,704 314,185
Northumberland[footnote 1] 21,780 2,768 2,768 184,836
Nottingham[footnote 3] 2,765 352 352 20,554
Nottinghamshire[footnote 3] 18,630 2,369 2,369 138,443
Oxfordshire 20,846 2,629 2,629 82,340
Plymouth 2,903 366 366 11,469
Portsmouth 1,786 225 225 7,054
Reading 1,838 232 232 7,262
Rutland 2,381 303 303 17,696
Shropshire 20,599 2,619 2,619 153,072
Slough 1,129 142 142 4,457
Somerset 28,111 3,546 3,546 111,039
South Tyneside[footnote 1] 1,933 246 246 16,408
Southampton 2,128 268 268 8,406
Southend-on-Sea 1,739 219 219 6,868
Staffordshire 25,067 3,188 3,188 186,273
Stoke-on-Trent 2,972 378 378 22,087
Suffolk 27,238 3,436 3,436 107,590
Sunderland[footnote 1] 4,129 525 525 35,035
Surrey 20,869 2,632 2,632 82,436
Swindon 3,496 441 441 13,807
Telford and Wrekin 4,311 548 548 32,035
Thurrock 2,489 314 314 9,832
Torbay 1,820 230 230 7,193
Warrington 3,989 507 507 33,858
Warwickshire 16,171 2,056 2,056 120,168
West Berkshire 5,387 679 679 21,279
West Northamptonshire 10,669 1,357 1,357 79,281
West Sussex 17,136 2,161 2,161 67,684
Westmorland and Furness[footnote 2] 18,474 2,347 2,347 156,777
Wiltshire 20,727 2,614 2,614 81,869
Windsor and Maidenhead 2,720 343 343 10,741
Wokingham 3,314 418 418 13,095
Worcestershire 18,738 2,383 2,383 139,243
York, City of [footnote 4] 2,835 360 360 24,055
Total 945,663 127,249 127,249 5,731,338

Table 3: combined local authority allocations

Combined authority (CA) Current baseline allocation per year (HMB + Pothole Fund) (£000) 2023-24 – additional funding (£000) 2024-25 – additional funding (£000) Minimum additional uplift from 2023-24 to 2033-34 (£000)
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA 23,062 2,909 2,909 91,095
Greater Manchester CA City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) 4,438 4,438 296,466
Liverpool City Region CA CRSTS 2,684 2,684 179,225
South Yorkshire MCA CRSTS 1,994 1,994 133,175
Tees Valley CA CRSTS 1,499 1,499 100,104
West Midlands CA CRSTS 2,586 2,586 151,192
West of England CA CRSTS 2,007 2,007 62,847
West Yorkshire CA CRSTS 4,633 4,633 309,559
CA total Most receive funding via CRSTS 22,750 22,750 1,323,663

Table 4: London borough, City of London and Transport for London (TfL) allocations

Local authority 2023-24 – additional funding (£000) 2024-25 – additional funding (£000) Minimum additional funding between 2023-24 and 2033-34 (£000)
Barking and Dagenham 171 171 5,357
Barnet 368 368 11,538
Bexley 275 275 8,620
Brent 233 233 7,306
Bromley 455 455 14,240
Camden 137 137 4,275
City of London 21 21 672
Croydon 382 382 11,951
Ealing 291 291 9,099
Enfield 310 310 9,694
Greenwich 250 250 7,827
Hackney 128 128 4,020
Hammersmith and Fulham 109 109 3,427
Haringey 176 176 5,501
Harrow 241 241 7,534
Havering 333 333 10,416
Hillingdon 354 354 11,088
Hounslow 233 233 7,291
Islington 113 113 3,547
Kensington and Chelsea 101 101 3,156
Kingston upon Thames 167 167 5,227
Lambeth 180 180 5,634
Lewisham 211 211 6,599
Merton 186 186 5,831
Newham 213 213 6,663
Redbridge 262 262 8,214
Richmond upon Thames 204 204 6,389
Southwark 189 189 5,915
Sutton 230 230 7,213
Tower Hamlets 137 137 4,304
Transport for London 297 297 9,308
Waltham Forest 211 211 6,600
Wandsworth 202 202 6,311
Westminster 161 161 5,038
London total 7,531 7,531 235,805

All funding for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 has been allocated. Indicative minimum allocations for the whole 11-year period only include 85% of total available funding at this stage. Fifteen per cent of funding has not been allocated to allow final allocations to reflect:

  • the ending of local highways PFIs within the 11-year funding period
  • future updates to the funding formula data and approach
  • a possible future incentivisation element to encourage innovation and best practice

Funding profiles beyond 2024 to 2025 and further allocations for the remaining 15% of funding (£495 million in the North, £330 million in the Midlands and £420 million elsewhere) will be confirmed in due course.  

Funding for places that receive CRSTS funding will be included within total CRSTS allocations, once finalised, and are additional to both existing CRSTS1 funding and the indicative further CRSTS allocations announced on 4 October 2023. 

Funding is allocated to the current local highways authority for each area. Where further mayoral combined authorities are established, funding will instead be paid to the new combined authority.

In combined authority areas, funding will be paid to the combined authority instead of the LAs.  

Funding for London has been divided between TfL, City of London and the 32 boroughs.

Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.

  1. Funding for highways maintenance in North of Tyne and the North East combined authorities is currently allocated to the 7 individual authorities in these areas. As a result, the additional funding has been allocated to those authorities. Following the establishment of the new North East Mayoral Combined Authority, future funding will be allocated to the combined authority.  ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  2. Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness authorities came into existence on 1 April 2023, replacing Cumbria County Council. As such their current allocations (and the subsequent uplifts) have been estimated based on available data, to determine how the funding formerly allocated to Cumbria County Council is divided between them.  ↩ ↩2

  3. Funding for highways maintenance in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, and Nottinghamshire unitary authorities is currently allocated to those individual authorities. As a result, the additional funding has been allocated to those authorities. Following the establishment of the new East Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority, future funding will be allocated to the combined authority.  ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. Funding for highways maintenance in York and North Yorkshire unitary authorities is currently allocated to those individual authorities. As a result, the additional funding has been allocated to those authorities. Following the establishment of the new York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, future funding will be allocated to the combined authority.  ↩ ↩2

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