A budget for total Department for Transport expenditure on transport infrastructure improvements by region is not available. The following figures show allocations of local and regional funding for combined spend on the Integrated Transport Block (generally schemes costing less than £5 million) and highway maintenance, and Major schemes (generally schemes costing more than £5 million).
South West
Major schemes: £92 million
Integrated Transport Block and highway maintenance: £175 million
Dorset
Major schemes: £32 million
Integrated Transport Block and highway maintenance: £19 million
The Department spends funds on the strategic road network through the Highways Agency (HA). The HA's reporting systems do not record actual expenditure for local authority areas; expenditure is recorded by project and activity.