Potholes within Herefordshire between 2022 - 2025
Case reference FOI2025/00064
Received 13 January 2025
Published 30 January 2025
Request
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act. Can you please provide the following:
1. How many unfixed potholes are there currently recorded under the council authority (as of January 13, 2025)?
2. How much has the council spent on pothole repairs in the last 3 years - broken down by year (from January 1st - to December 31st 2022, 2023 and 2024) - Up to and including any data held for January 2025.
3. How many legal claims have been lodged against the council relating to damage caused by potholes in the last three years? Broken down by years as above.
3a) Of those, how many were settled with compensation?
3b) Of those, how many were refused?
4. How much has the council paid out in compensation for claims relating to damage caused by potholes in the last three years? Broken down by years as above.
Response
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act. Can you please provide the following: 1. How many unfixed potholes are there currently recorded under the council authority (as of January 13, 2025)?
Answer: 1,666
2. How much has the council spent on pothole repairs in the last 3 years - broken down by year (from January 1st - to December 31st 2022, 2023 and 2024) - Up to and including any data held for January 2025.
Answer: The service area has advised that they don’t hold the data by calendar year. They only hold it by HC Financial year (April to April).
3. How many legal claims have been lodged against the council relating to damage caused by potholes in the last three years? Broken down by years as above.
Answer:
2022 79
2023 289
2024 388
3a) Of those, how many were settled with compensation?
Answer:
2022 8
2023 19
2024 31
3b) Of those, how many were refused?
Answer:
2022 71
2023 270
2024 351
4. How much has the council paid out in compensation for claims relating to damage caused by potholes in the last three years? Broken down by years as above.
Answer:
2022 £1,412.04
2023 £10,764.13
2024 £18,061.99
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