FOI Request - Potholes and Pothole Repairs

Request 101002903363

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.

1. Please can you tell me how many individual potholes you have identified or had reported to you since January 2017? Please break down the figures in an Excel file that lists results by each half year to date.

2. Please can you also provide me with your annual spend on pothole repairs since January 2017? Please break down the figures in an Excel file that lists results by each half year to date.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.

Response 03-11-21

1. Please can you tell me how many individual potholes you have identified or had reported to you since January 2017? Please break down the figures in an Excel file that lists results by each half year to date.
This information is not held and is therefore exempt under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Under our duty to be helpful, he closest data we have is the number of works instructions which are categorised as 'carriageway defects'.
Please note that not all of these instructions will be regarding potholes, and also some instructions may have been reporting several carriageway defects in the vicinity.
Please see document here showing information breakdown per calendar year.

2. Please can you also provide me with your annual spend on pothole repairs since January 2017? Please break down the figures in an Excel file that lists results by each half year to date.
This information is not held and is therefore exempt under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Under our duty to be helpful, the closest data we have is the expenditure against our patching budgets.
However it is important to note that not all of these costs will be regarding potholes.
Please see document here showing information breakdown per calendar year.