To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is monitoring the adequacy of (a) pothole and (b) other road repairs by local authorities in the North East.

The Department has recently introduced some new reporting requirements for all local highway authorities to ensure that there is transparency around how the additional funding provided as part of the Prime Minister’s Network North plan is being used. All local authorities receiving this funding should publish prominently on their websites by March 2024 a summary of the additional resurfacing work they will deliver, or have already delivered, with the new funding in the 23/24 and 24/25 financial years. Thereafter they will be required to publish quarterly reports summarising what additional work they have done, including, for example, which roads they have resurfaced. This will allow local people to see for themselves how well their local authority is carrying out its responsibilities.

DfT monitors the condition of local roads, which is reported here : https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc