Department for Transport

We work with our agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps the UK’s businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move. DfT is a ministerial department, supported by 23 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP
  Secretary of State for Transport
• Huw Merriman MP
  Minister of State (Rail and HS2)
• The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP
  Minister of State (Decarbonisation and Technology)
• Richard Holden MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Roads and Local Transport)
• Baroness Vere of Norbiton
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Aviation, Maritime and Security)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Allow international travel with a lateral flow test result
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  7,844 signatures

• Fund increased enforcement of road traffic offences by cyclists
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  26 signatures

• All public transport workers to be trained to tackle sexual assault & harassment
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  1,577 signatures

• Fund a public awareness campaign that cycling on the pavement is illegal
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  26 signatures

• Require sound emitters on electric cars to be permanently switched on
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  53 signatures

• Create council tax exemptions and railway discounts for part-time students
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  53 signatures

• Introduce 3 point penalty on driving licence for litter thrown from any vehicle
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  7,026 signatures

• Create a digital driving licence
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  18 signatures

• Publish monthly data of Aircraft activity by postcode
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  88 signatures

• Make COVID-19 tests during quarantine free or optional
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  74 signatures

• India to be added to red list for travel
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  755 signatures

• Allow E-scooters and Electric Skateboards in cycle lanes and on roads
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  2,143 signatures

• Stop double charging Vehicle Road tax.
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  41 signatures

• Require post-1960 light aircraft be fitted with silencers or mufflers
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  82 signatures

• Reduce the Tax exemption age for classic cars to 30 years.
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  14,797 signatures

• Remove Abu Dhabi from the UAE red list status
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  3,784 signatures

• Provide parents with babies/young kids with a badge for parent and child bays
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  39 signatures

• Stop displaying age of vehicles on number plates
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  17 signatures

• Two penalty points to be issued to drivers of vehicles when littering from it.
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  455 signatures

• Publish criteria for when countries on the UK's Red List may be removed from it
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  1,042 signatures

• Ban tourists from entering the UK during the pandemic
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  29 signatures

• Prevent non-essential international travel for the rest of 2021
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  53 signatures

• Create a mandatory register for all caravans in the UK
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  162 signatures

• Remove Bangladesh and Pakistan from the Government red list
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  471 signatures

• Exchange of driving licences issued in Republic of Moldova.
  Open from Friday 9th April 2021 to Saturday 9th October 2021
  17,523 signatures

• Give Pakistan and Bangladesh 2 weeks before adding to the Red List
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  32 signatures

• Remove Pakistan from red list for travel
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  134,665 signatures

• Add Israel to the ‘Designated countries‘ list dor driving licence exchange
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  762 signatures

• Cap the cost of car insurance for young drivers.

• Cap the cost of car insurance for young drivers.
  Open from Wednesday 7th April 2021 to Thursday 7th October 2021
  116 signatures

• Prioritise key workers for theory/practical driving tests
  Open from Wednesday 7th April 2021 to Thursday 7th October 2021
  19 signatures

• Remove Ultra Small-Volume Vehicle Manufacturers from 2035 decarbonisation target
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  117 signatures

• Exchange of driving licences issued in Taiwan, UAE, Ukraine and North Macedonia.
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  3,046 signatures

• Extend/refund driving instructor badges to allow for lost time due to Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  836 signatures

• Lower the national speed limit for country lanes to 40mph
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  71 signatures

• Require all new automobiles be fitted with padded foot pedal covers
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  10 signatures

• Dual the A47 Acle Straight between Acle and Great Yarmouth
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  2,666 signatures

• Add second home ownership to the acceptable reasons to leave the UK
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  611 signatures

• Remove the hazard perception from the theory test
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  11 signatures

• Raise the Drug Driving limit for Cannabis now it can be prescribed.
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  490 signatures

• Adopt a law of Presumed Liability to protect vulnerable road users
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  2,493 signatures

• Extend Electric Vehicle (EV) charging grants to those without off-street parking
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  148 signatures

• Change framework for clean air zones so Euro 5 Diesel do not have to be charged
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  83 signatures

• Government grant to Retrofit Euro 5 Diesel Cars
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  53 signatures

• Extend period International Drivers can drive with their home license
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  314 signatures

• Delay the Plug-in Car grant cut
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  23 signatures

• Set a minimum requirement for the size of parking spaces to accommodate all cars
  Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
  29 signatures

• Seek to join the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  77 signatures

• Prohibit disruptive, loud roadworks in residential areas after 6pm
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  14 signatures

• Fund free bus travel for women and children after sunset
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  40 signatures

• Require all new vans sold in the UK to be factory fitted with a Cat 1 alarm
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  392 signatures

• Change the Road Traffic Act so that the life of an unborn child is acknowledged
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  21 signatures

• Permit leisure flying and allow flight schools to reopen.
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  7 signatures

• Fund car seat safety education for new parents
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  40 signatures

• Prohibit the use of flashing lights by cyclists and runners on the road
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  43 signatures

• Put up signs on the motorway to tell drivers to stop hogging the middle lane
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  20 signatures

• Construction of Wild Animal bridges
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  101 signatures

• Free driving/theory tests for cancellations and refunds for learners/ADIs/PDIs
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  20 signatures

• Do not build an undersea tunnel from Britain to Northern Ireland
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  32 signatures

• Change the motorbike cc restriction for 16 year olds from 50cc to 125cc
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  85 signatures

• Allow driving tests to be temporarily replaced by instructor examinations.
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  25 signatures

• Increase sentences for death by dangerous driving cases & lifetime driving bans
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  747 signatures

• Get rid of the theory test for learner drivers.
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  17 signatures

• Require licences for cyclists and number plates for all bikes/e-bikes
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  44 signatures

• Require drivers involved in accidents to contact emergency services immediately
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  128 signatures

• The 2030 ban on diesel/petrol cars must apply to all fossil fuel hybrid cars too
  Open from Thursday 11th March 2021 to Saturday 11th September 2021
  975 signatures

• Require moped/motorcycle users doing commercial work to have a full licence
  Open from Thursday 11th March 2021 to Saturday 11th September 2021
  123 signatures

• Remove VAT on air pilot training
  Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
  369 signatures

• Restart driving tests immediately from April 2021
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  107 signatures

• Make CCTV compulsory in all taxis including school transport taxis
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  727 signatures

• Immediate ban on the use of diesel cars and make all public transport free
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  22 signatures

• Require all delivery drivers to use electric vehicles by 2025
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  29 signatures

• Add funeral mourners to the travel exemption list for testing on days 2 and 8.
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  38 signatures

• Increase speed limit of mobility scooters and allow passengers
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  11 signatures

• All Mobility Scooters, Electric Scooters, and Cyclists, to be insured.
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  94 signatures

• Public inquiry into why international travel was not suspended due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  87 signatures

• Theory test centres should be considered essential and open during restrictions
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  7 signatures

• To take Portugal off the travel Red List
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  25,291 signatures

• To remove the UAE off the ‘Red List’ by the Summer
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  20,083 signatures

• To remove the UAE off the ‘Red List’ by the Summer

• Lift HGV parking ban in Kent so drivers can have their legally required breaks.
  Open from Thursday 4th March 2021 to Saturday 4th September 2021
  2,833 signatures

• Require e-scooter sellers/makers to make clear they are illegal for public use
  Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
  126 signatures

• Review the role and structure of the CAA following the UK’s exit from the EU
  Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
  434 signatures

• Allow driving tests to resume subject to negative lateral flow tests
  Open from Monday 1st March 2021 to Wednesday 1st September 2021
  35 signatures

• Refund driving theory tests that expire during COVID-19 pandemic
  Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
  33 signatures

• Lower the price of the £210 COVID Home Test Kits for travellers entering the UK
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
  30,977 signatures

• Fund refunds for people who were unable to travel in Tier 4
  Open from Monday 22nd February 2021 to Sunday 22nd August 2021
  9 signatures

• Kristian Johnsons Law. Life sentences for Death by Careless & Dangerous Driving.
  Open from Friday 19th February 2021 to Thursday 19th August 2021
  825 signatures

• Grant full exemptions from quarantine for seafarers and oil & gas workers
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  19,026 signatures

• Increase the legal requirement to keep a child in a rearfacing car seat to age 3
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  4,895 signatures

• Let people with expired theory passes due to COVID sit first resit for free
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  20 signatures

• Resume tractor driving tests
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  20 signatures

• Extend validity of UK residents driving with international license by 11 months
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  87 signatures

• Add Overseas Professional Carers to Exemption List for Travel
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  816 signatures

• Make new Public transport manufactured after 2030 electric.
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  48 signatures

• Rid the roads of pot holes and damage, reducing accidents and damage to cars
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  54 signatures

• Extend CBT validity and maximum engine size to 250cc
  Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
  2,904 signatures

• Ban the sale of non-refundable flight tickets.
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  23 signatures

• Remove restrictions on motorcycle training (CBT Course) for critical workers.
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  63 signatures

• Fund a national ferry service to Europe from the UK
  Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
  17 signatures

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