Request 101004034058

I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

For each of the financial years 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26, please provide:

1. The number of potholes or road defects reported or recorded by the council.

2. The number of compensation claims received relating to potholes or road surface defects, and the total amount paid out in compensation in each year.

3. The highest single compensation payment made in relation to a pothole or road surface defect in each year.

4. The total amount spent on road maintenance and repairs in each year.

5. The estimated value of the council’s road maintenance backlog in each year, where this figure is held.

6. The average time taken to repair a pothole or road defect following it being reported or identified, where this information is held.

Response 20-08-2026

1. The number of potholes or road defects reported or recorded by the council.

2021/2022: 5852

2022/2023: 5018

2023/2024: 7257

2024/2025: 7150

2025/2026:  2439

Note: The figures above are the number of carriageway defect or pothole instructions that were created in during the financial year, this could be for 1 or multiple defects per instruction

2. The number of compensation claims received relating to potholes or road surface defects, and the total amount paid out in compensation in each year.

Financial Year Q2 - No Claims Q2 - Total Paid Out

2021/22                  31                       £3,133.07

2022/23                  20                            £85.50

2023/24                  69                      £1,690.12

2024/25                  22                              £0.00

2025/26                  19                          £982.00

3. The highest single compensation payment made in relation to a pothole or road surface defect in each year.

Financial Year Q3

2021/22 £1,073.52

2022/23 £85.50

2023/24 £424.15

2024/25 £0.00

2025/26 £750.00

4. The total amount spent on road maintenance and repairs in each year.

2021/2022 £791,684.54

2022/2023 £767,065.53

2023/2024 £1,196,335.66

2024/2025 £1,068,107.32

2025/2026 £931,288.35

5. The estimated value of the council's road maintenance backlog in each year, where this figure is held.

Moray Council's estimated roads maintenance backlog (identified works requiring funding) appears in the Reserve List Summary at an esitmated cost of £135,420,630

https://www.moray.gov.uk/media/m55hl453/file71196.pdf

6. The average time taken to repair a pothole or road defect following it being reported or identified, where this information is held.

2021/2022 22.61 days

2022/2023 26.17 days

2023/2024 33.95 days

2024/2025 36.63 days

2025/2026 64.74 days