FOI release

Spend on Archaeological Programmes of work

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference EIR2025/00637

Received 29 March 2025

Published 22 May 2025

Request

Can you please tell me what the spend of your organisation, and predecessor organisations, on archaelogical progarmmes of work by region and financial year since the beginning of the 2014/15 financial year.

Response

Information provided

Can you please tell me what the spend of your organisation ….on archaeological programmes of work by … financial year since the beginning of the 2014/15 financial year.

The Highways Agency was created as an executive agency of the Department for Transport on 30 March 1994. On 1 April 2015 the Highways Agency became Highways England, a new government owned company. On 19 August 2021 Highways England's name changed to National Highways.

Between 1 April 2015 and 29 March 2025 National Highways spent the following on archaeological programmes of work.

£5,000,000.00 - 1 supplier was awarded the Collaborative Delivery Framework contract which started on 7 November 2018 and ended on 6 November 2020.

£8,700,000.00 - 13 suppliers were awarded the Delivery Integration Partner contract which started on 19 November 2018 and ended on 18 November 2024.

Information not held

Can you please tell me what the spend of your … predecessor organisations, on archaelogical progarmmes of work by region …since the beginning of the 2014/15 financial year.

I can confirm that National Highways does not hold this information, and as such this part of your request has been refused under Regulation 12(4)(a) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 as information not held.

Advice and Assistance

We do not hold a breakdown of the spend for National Highways by region.

We believe that information regarding the spend by the Highways Agency from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, may be held by the Department of Transport. You may wish to submit a request to them using the contact details on their webpage.

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