Highways Response:

a) number of potholes ordered for repair
Brighton & Hove City Council does not record potholes separately from other carriageway details/defects and therefore does not hold this information

f) number of FTE administrative staff involved in handling third party claims, please include all staff in the entire end to end process
Highways: 0.33 FTE plus Insurance staff

g) total revenue budget spent on pothole repairs excluding staff costs
Brighton & Hove City Council does not record potholes separately from other carriageway details/defects and therefore does not hold this information

h) current contractual arrangements for pothole repairs
Via a term contractor for highway safety maintenance

Insurance Response to b, c and d:
Please note that the payments made were for claims occurring in the financial year shown but not necessarily settled in that year.
Year No of claims No Settled Average cost Total cost
2010/11 6 1 £5,847 £5,847
2011/12 19 4 £4,118 £16,471
2012/13 33 2 £1,357 £2,714
2013/14 56 4 £346 £1,383
2014/15 11 2 £327 £655

The responses to the remaining questions relating to insurance (f and i) are:
f) 4 FTE deal with all insurance related matters, of which handling of third party claims, is only a part.
i) We have no records of a separate insurance premium relating to Highways.