§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what additional monies will pass to the(a) shire counties and (b) unitary authorities on detrunking. [76271]
§ Mr. JamiesonI have been asked to reply.
At the time responsibility for a road passes to a local authority (or very shortly after) it receives revenue funding for routine maintenance in the form of Special Grant under section 88B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and support for capital maintenance in the form of supplementary credit approvals. The value of this support is determined by a generalised engineering assessment, with allowance made for local factors such as type of road, level of traffic and the cost of winter maintenance.