How much has been spent by your council area on maintaining roads in 2010/11 and 2011/2012 (per financial year)? How much was your budget in 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 for
maintaining roads per financial year?

Answers
I can confirm that the budget and spend for each of the years are similar:
2010/11 £3,334,200 (LibDem Budget)
2011/12 £3,892,350 (LibDem budget)
2012/13 £2,357,650 (Labour budget)
The figures above include programmed and reactive maintenance,anti-skid and road markings.

Whether your budget for maintaining roads is at an emergency level for 2012 (this financial year)?
No – although our budgets have been reduced, we are able to carry out limited programmed works.

How many claims for compensation were lodged by drivers as aresult of damage to their car due to the poor state of the roads in2010/11 and 2011/12?
2010/11 – 111;
2011/12 – 27

The total cost your council area has paid out to drivers in compensation due to the poor state of the roads in 2010/11 and 2011/12.
2010/11 – £11,607.20;
2011/12 – £0.00