1) How many potholes were reported in 2018?
72,906
2) How many potholes were reported in 2019?
50,930
3) How many potholes were reported in 2020?
59,499
4) How many potholes were repaired in 2018?
72,338
5) How many potholes were repaired in 2019?
50,309
6) How many potholes were repaired in 2020?
60,202
7) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2018?
901
8) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2019?
454
9) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2020?
1047
10) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2018?
186
11) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2019?
94
12) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2020?
354
13) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2018?
702
14) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2019?
357
15) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2020?
680
16) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2018?
£107,584
17) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2019?
£39,969
18) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2020?
£94,532
19) What was the budget for repairing potholes in 2018?
In response to this question and the questions below, we should clarify that the budgetary and expenditure figures provided relate to the Safety Defects budget as a whole, there is no specific budget for repairing safety potholes. This means all works undertaken within the Safety Defects budget are not specific only to safety defect potholes but will also include works for all other safety defect types as defined within the authorities Highway Safety Policy A selection of examples of the other types of works which would be funded through this budget are footway trips and rocking slabs, defective ironwork, damaged fencing, overgrown hedges and bushes etc.
The information is held for each financial year (FY).
£ 5,084,935 (2018/19 FY)
20) What was the budget for repairing potholes in 2019?
£ 5,250,000 (2019/20 FY)
21) What was the budget for repairing potholes in 2020?
£5,600,000(2020/21 FY as at Month 11)
22) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2018?
£6,338,363 (2018/19 FY)
23) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2019?
£6,412,132 (2019/20 FY)
24) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2020?
£4,900,000 (2020/21 FY as at Month 11)