Dominic Browne 10 October 2023

Exclusive: DfT drops self-assessment process

Exclusive: DfT drops self-assessment process image
Image: Dmitry Naumov / Shutterstock.com.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has ended the highways self-assessment process, removing the incentive element of local maintenance capital funding in its current form, Highways understands.

Senior sources have said that self-assessment 'has been dropped' and when asked directly, the DfT did not deny that it had run its course.

One source told Highways that a bid had been submitted to the Government for a third party to manage the Incentive Fund self-assessment process on behalf of the DfT and the UK Roads Board. Months later officials confirmed the bid was being rejected because the process would not be continued, Highways understands.

Highways first reported in February this year that the self-assessment process had gone to a ministerial review. It now appears a de facto decision has been made.

A DfT spokesman stressed that the original highways maintenance incentive element was not being abandoned as it was only designed to run between 2015/16 – 2020/21, and was extended by an extra two years to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The spokesman added that the department was still keeping the highways maintenance incentive element under review and suggested potential ways that it could be developed in the future.

To continue reading visit Highways.

SIGN UP
For your free daily news bulletin
Highways jobs

Chief Executive

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
up to £165,000
Ebbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Ebbsfleet, Kent
Recuriter: Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Virtual School Inclusion Support Officer

Essex County Council
£32768.0000 - £38550.0000 per annum
Virtual School Inclusion Support OfficerPermanent, Term Time£32,768 to £38,550 per annum (full time equivalent)Location
Recuriter: Essex County Council

Senior Business Development Officer

Essex County Council
£36341.0000 - £42754.0000 per annum
Senior Business Development Officer - Integrated Passenger Transport UnitFixed Term, Full Time£36,341 to £42,754 per annumLocation
Recuriter: Essex County Council

Adults Social Worker - Neighbourhood Team

Essex County Council
£37185 - £50081 per annum + Flexible Working, Hybrid Working
Interview dates
Recuriter: Essex County Council

Investment Marketing and Web Officer CDC

City Of Doncaster Council
Grade 8, £33,708 - £37,399
The postholder should be experienced in planning social media activity, refreshing web content and analysing their impact. Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Recuriter: City Of Doncaster Council
Linkedin Banner