AQW 48987/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount her Department has spent repairing damaged footpaths and pavements, during the last five years, broken down by the cause of the damage.
Asked by Peter McReynolds MLA on 18 June 2026
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 18 June 2026
- Answer due by
- 3 July 2026
- Answered
- 3 July 202615 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department does not hold information on the specific cause of damage to footpaths and pavements, however the table below details expenditure outturns for small scale repairs on footpaths over the last five financial years.
| Footway Patching | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 * |
| £m | |||||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |
*2025-26 outturn is subject to Audit review
The figures in the above table do not include the reconstruction or resurfacing of footpaths.