Freedom of information response
Road budgets
1) Please provide (a) the budget allocated for roads in general (including repairs, resurfacing and traffic lights and (b) the budget allocated specifically for pothole and road repairs for each of the following financial years: 2018/2019; 2019/2020; 2020/2021; 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.
2) For each of these annual budgets, please provide a figure for how much of the sum was funded by the council and how much is provided by central government funding.
3) For each of these annual budgets for both (a) roads in general and (b) potholes and similar road repairs, please provide a figure for how much was spent on pothole and road repairs.
4) For each of these annual budgets for both (a) roads in general and (b) potholes and similar road repairs, please provide a figure for how much was spent on road resurfacing.
5) For each of these annual budgets for both (a) roads in general and (b) potholes and similar road repairs, please provide a figure for how much was spent on non-road related spending and a brief summary of what this was – ie care.
For each of these annual budgets for both (a) roads in general and (b) potholes and similar road repairs, please provide a figure for how much money is or was left over by the end of the financial year
Below are the figures we able to provide in relation to this FOI, we don’t record the information to the level requested
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Indicative Figures |
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Roads in General |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
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Budget |
421,665 |
382,777 |
293,675 |
261,013 |
278,526 |
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Net Expenditure |
451,102 |
390,595 |
299,815 |
276,270 |
316,727 |
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Variance to Budget |
29,437 |
7,818 |
6,140 |
15,257 |
38,201 |
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Repairs and Pot holes |
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Budget |
1,223,762 |
1,787,855 |
1,520,272 |
1,684,783 |
1,625,738 |
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Net Expenditure |
1,328,360 |
1,671,578 |
1,661,484 |
1,731,448 |
1,682,824 |
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Variance to Budget |
104,598 |
(116,277) |
141,212 |
46,665 |
57,086 |
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