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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• Bring back the train line between Hatfield and St Albans
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  34 signatures

• Kara’s law - Increase sentences for drink driving offences
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  658 signatures

• Review and reduce restrictions on the operation of drones and model flyers
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  501 signatures

• Allow the characters on private registrations to be spaced out to display names
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  98 signatures

• Hold a public vote on HS2 project as it is being paid for by the public
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  13,949 signatures

• Legalize Personal Light Electric vehicles (PLEVs) such as e-scooters, EUC, etc.
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  4,507 signatures

• Enable enforcement of electric vehicle charging point infrastructure
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  67 signatures

• Save UK commercial production by allowing industry into UK without quarantine.
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  25 signatures

• Revoke planning permission for the planned West Midlands Interchange
  Open from Monday 14th September 2020 to Sunday 14th March 2021
  34 signatures

• Restrict Cat C licensed trucks to the first two available lanes on a motorway
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  15 signatures

• Grant HGV and Bus licenses upon passing a car driving test.
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  13 signatures

• Life jackets must be worn if in sea on inflatable, boat, kayak etc
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  18 signatures

• Remove country of birth from driving licence photo cards
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  13 signatures

• Make it illegal to sell a drone without including a copy of the Drone Code
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  43 signatures

• Make parking on pavements illegal
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  66 signatures

• Direct DVSA to fully reopen all driving test centres and release more test slots
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  3,233 signatures

• Allow driving instructors to pass learners unable to book a test
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  58,090 signatures

• Remove regulations on self-driving cars - UN/ECE R79 regulation
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  522 signatures

• Incorporate wildlife tunnels in the HS2 plans to mitigate ecological damage
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  3,269 signatures

• Raise the weight limit on Category B driving licences to 4,000kg.
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  47 signatures

• Mandatory jail term & loss of licence for criminal damage while driving
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  18 signatures

• Ensure all payments for the Fix your Bike Voucher Scheme are made within 17 days
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  92 signatures

• Fund upgrades to National Bridleway Network : Get Horses Off Roads : Save Lives
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  7,605 signatures

• To make it mandatory for bicycles to have bells or alert mechanism.
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  36 signatures

• Ban all driving for one day per month.
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  27 signatures

• Make safe cycle lanes all over England.
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  52 signatures

• Direct the DVSA to seek help from the MoD to clear the backlog of driving tests
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  56 signatures

• The Government to fund either a new bridge or repairs for Hammersmith bridge
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  20,248 signatures

• Privatise the DVSA
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  19 signatures

• Change planning guidance to increase parking space sizes
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  26 signatures

• Cancel HS2 and use the £100bn to provide superfast fibre broadband to EVERY home
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  105 signatures

• Save the 250 year old Cubbington pear tree from HS2.
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  21,992 signatures

• Change the UK's Airport slots regulations
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  8,603 signatures

• Introduce a legal minimum and maximum working temperature for bus driver cabs.
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  21 signatures

• Make it compulsory for buses and coaches to have working air conditioning
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  239 signatures

• Review the car insurance industry with a view to reducing costs for motorists
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  130 signatures

• Consider making audio-visual next stop announcements on buses mandatory
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  29 signatures

• Require driving instructors and students to wear face masks during lessons
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  627 signatures

• Introduce a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2025 in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  265 signatures

• Remove the legal requirement to display front number plate
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  73 signatures

• Kristian Johnson’s Law. Life sentences for Death by Careless & Dangerous Driving
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  13,663 signatures

• Ban cyclists from using a handheld mobile phone while cycling
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  51 signatures

• Make motor vehicle users’ insurers liable for accidents with cyclists
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  56 signatures

• Make wearing high visibility clothing mandatory for all vulnerable road users
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  283 signatures

• Require airlines cancel flights to places the FCO has advised against travel to
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  742 signatures

• Prohibit cyclists from cycling on roads with speed limits of over 40 mph
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  40 signatures

• Invest in new night trains & regional Eurostar services for the North of the UK
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  38 signatures

• Increase crash test requirements for testing of child car seats
  Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
  33 signatures

• Add recovering an out of control vehicle to the driving test
  Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
  16 signatures

• Calculate vehicle tax on a daily basis
  Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
  24 signatures

• Immediately provide funding for electric buses to save bus manufacturing
  Open from Friday 7th August 2020 to Sunday 7th February 2021
  65 signatures

• Do not increase the 25 Kmh speed limit on electric bicycles.
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  53 signatures

• Bring in an Act similar to the USA’s ‘Jones Act’ to better regulate UK seafaring
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  225 signatures

• Mandatory registration, proficiency testing and use of lights for cyclists
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  121 signatures

• All new drivers must have a black box and be limited to carrying one passenger.
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  10,341 signatures

• Require airlines to provide therapeutic oxygen on flights free of charge
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  12 signatures

• Reopen Weedon Railway Station on the West Coast Main Line
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  410 signatures

• Make it an offence for cyclists not to use a cycle path when one is available
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  135 signatures

• Reduce the residential speed limit to 20mph in England
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  602 signatures

• Reunite Golcar With Rail by putting in a new train station
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  28 signatures

• Make reversing cameras compulsory for all commercial vans and lorries.
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  1,143 signatures

• Require all petrol stations to have a free use bicycle pump.
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  161 signatures

• Reject the proposals for Junction 10 of the A3/M25
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  46,388 signatures

• Raise national speed limit to 100mph on UK motorways
  Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
  218 signatures

• End Isolation for people returning from Spain
  Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
  360 signatures

• Allow us to travel to Egypt again, without having to quarantine on return
  Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
  238 signatures

• Allow quarantine free travel from the Canary and Balearic Islands to the UK
  Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
  11,073 signatures

• Remove Algarve from the quarantine on return list
  Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
  23 signatures

• Urge rail companies to introduce three day season tickets
  Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
  39 signatures

• Add Bulgaria to list of countries you can visit without quarantine upon return.
  Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
  10,481 signatures

• Make all Electric Bikes liable for insurance from the day of purchase ,
  Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
  115 signatures

• Exempt people travelling from Albania from the 14-day quarantine rule
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  46 signatures

• Exempt business travellers from requirement to self-isolate
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  98 signatures

• Review how current employment and health and safety rules protect cruise workers
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  85 signatures

• Reduce the maximum legal noise limit for motorbikes.
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  1,154 signatures

• Prevent local authorities imposing congestion charges outside 6am-7pm Mon-Fri
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  254 signatures

• Make it law that all electric vehicles be retrofitted with white noise to alert
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  69 signatures

• Ban footway car parking during the Covid-19 pandemic
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  27 signatures

• Petition to increase the 25kmh limit on electric bikes in the UK.
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  5,153 signatures

• A government cash bailout for the coach industry before it's too late.
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  17,859 signatures

• Require all train stations and trains to have Step-Free Access
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  817 signatures

• Fund the construction of segregated cycle paths alongside all A roads
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  2,828 signatures

• Halt all plans to build new roads & use money to repay coronavirus debt.
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  88 signatures

• Give councils power to allocate parking spaces to named disabled residents
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  16 signatures

• To consider a Rail Enthusiasts Railcard to do trainspotting at railway stations.
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  729 signatures

• Make it a criminal offence to Block a Driveway by Parking Across it.
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  52 signatures

• Fund canal towpaths improvmennts for a network of traffic free cycle routes.
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  30 signatures

• Make over 80s take a yearly driving test to help reduce the risk of accident
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  20 signatures

• Government funded £250 Travel Voucher for everyone in 2021
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  14 signatures

• Make Bioptic Lenses acceptable for achieving the eyesight standard for driving.
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  31 signatures

• Bring Rail franchises to an end and bring back a publicly owned railway
  Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
  32 signatures

• Ban the manufacture and sale of new cars that are solely powered by fossil fuels
  Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
  27 signatures

• Scrap removal of free transport for under-18s from TfL bailout
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  171,010 signatures

• DVLA must refund partial road tax in full
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  91 signatures

• Extend the 12-month period drivers can use non-GB driving licences
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  10,691 signatures

• Require local authorities to allow cab drivers to make Covid-19 adaptations
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  47 signatures

• Make provisions under law to allow stand up e-scooters to be treat as cycles.
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  59 signatures

• Regulate parent and child parking spaces
  Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
  68 signatures

• Ban petrol and diesel vehicles to keep our as air clean as it is now
  Open from Monday 13th July 2020 to Wednesday 13th January 2021
  32 signatures

• Reallocate funds for Roads & HS2 to shared pedestrian & cycle paths
  Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
  370 signatures

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