Potholes and Compensation Figures from 2019 to 2023 - Find a freedom of information request

1. The number of potholes reported in the last 5 years (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023)

2. The amount spent on repairing potholes in your borough each year (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023).

3. How many car owners have been paid compensation due to potholes / poor road conditions in the past five years (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023).

4. How many car owners were declined a compensation payout for damage caused to their cars as a result of potholes / poor road conditions in the past five years (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023).

5. What was the total value paid out in compensation to car owners whose vehicles were damaged as a result of potholes / poor road conditions in your authority area (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023).

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

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(Please note that these are the number of pothole enquiries reported. Enquiries can contain multiple potholes. This is not the number of potholes fixed by the authority)

2. LCC do not calculate the cost of repairs specifically allocated to potholes. There are several reasons for this; operationally it offers little value to spend time trying to assign costs at this level given the number of repairs undertaken per year but also there are several financial difficulties of trying to assign costs of materials and items of plant which are easily identified on a gang basis but further dividing these to specific repair type leads to inaccuracies. The gangs are mixed discipline and undertake a variation of repairs not just potholes, but all costs are assigned at a gang level.

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5. Please see above.