Roads: Compensation Mr. Goodwill To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was paid in compensation by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local highways authorities for claims relating to vehicles damaged as a result of poor road maintenance in each of the last three years. Paul Clark The Highways Agency paid compensation as follows (calendar years): ------------ | |£ | ------------ |2006|5,513| ------------ |2007|3,466| ------------ |2008|8,113| ------------ Information relating to claims against local authorities is not collected centrally.