Driving for Better Business
Case reference FOI2025/00805
Received 24 April 2025
Published 3 July 2025
Request
Please provide the following information:
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the total annual budget for the Driving for Better Business programme run by National Highways for the past 5 years.
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Confirm how many staff are employed in full time or part time roles who spend time on the programme.
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confirm the amount paid by Driving for Better Business on attending, running and exhibiting at events and conferences for the past 3 years
Response
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The total annual budget for the Driving for Better Business programme run by National Highways for the past 5 years.
2024/25: £750,000
2023/24: £770,000
2022/23: £710,000
2021/22: £615,000
2020/21: £425,045
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Confirm how many staff are employed in full time or part time roles who spend time on the programme.
There are 8 staff who work on the Driving for Better Business (DfBB) programme. This includes National Highways employees who work on additional projects outside of DfBB and contractors working on behalf of DfBB to develop engagement materials and to support delivery of the DfBB programme. Contractors will work differing number of days each month depending on work levels.
The core team can be found online at https://www.drivingforbetterbusiness.com/theteam/.
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Confirm the amount paid by Driving for Better Business on attending, running and exhibiting at events and conferences for the past 3 years
The amount paid by DfBB in relation to attending events and conferences is not held by National Highways. We can provide the amount paid by DfBB for running and exhibiting at events and conferences for the past three years.
2024/25: £96,064.55
2023/24: £108,615.44
2022/23: £127,609.24
Documents
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