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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• Continue with the plan for the northern leg of HS2
  Open from Friday 26th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Increase funding for public transport and add it to the curriculum
  Open from Friday 26th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Fund free train travel for 11-17 year olds
  Open from Thursday 25th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  59 signatures

• Reclassify general aviation airfields as greenfield not brownfield sites
  Open from Wednesday 24th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  11,678 signatures

• Reduce delays for getting driving licence back after medical suspension
  Open from Tuesday 23rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  170 signatures

• Create a separate section of Traffic Law for offences related to E-scooters
  Open from Tuesday 23rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Extend the M50 from it's current eastern terminus (M5 J8) through to Norwich
  Open from Monday 22nd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  10 signatures

• Require elected representatives and public servants use zero emission travel
  Open from Monday 22nd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  28 signatures

• Require motorists be issued a reminder to pay a charge before they can be fined
  Open from Friday 19th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  175 signatures

• Mandate robust safety posts at bus stops to prevent fatal accidents
  Open from Friday 19th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  363 signatures

• Require car makers to install rear seat occupant sensors to improve seatbelt use
  Open from Wednesday 17th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  10 signatures

• Extend the £2 Bus Fare Cap after December 2024
  Open from Wednesday 17th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  35 signatures

• Fully retain the HMRC Self Assessment helpline
  Open from Wednesday 17th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  113 signatures

• Increase the speed limit on motorways to 80mph
  Open from Wednesday 17th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  85 signatures

• Ban provisional driving licence holders from providing food delivery services
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Change legal limit for driving with cannabis in your blood
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  42 signatures

• Make direct debits for vehicle tax payable throughout the month
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Do not introduce Vehicle Excise Duty for zero emission cars
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  269 signatures

• Create a direct high speed trainline from the Midlands to Kent
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Provide additional funding for more bike lanes
  Open from Wednesday 10th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Introduce requirements to improve road safety - car colours and technology
  Open from Wednesday 10th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Allow exchange of Omani Driving License for GB License
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  92 signatures

• Ban parking time restrictions at motorway services
  Open from Thursday 28th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• DVLA to not share details with parking firms unless the individual consents.
  Open from Wednesday 27th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  40 signatures

• Require drivers to take a hazard perception test every 10 years
  Open from Tuesday 26th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• School Minibus Safety - Remove Section 19 Exemptions for Schools
  Open from Tuesday 26th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,226 signatures

• Restrict HGVs and agricultural vehicles on single carriageways to certain times
  Open from Monday 25th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14 signatures

• Ban car meets in large car parks and introduce new requirements for landowners
  Open from Friday 22nd March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  72 signatures

• Legalise buckle guards on school transport for children & young people with SEND
  Open from Thursday 21st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Introduce requirements for training, insurance and clothing for cyclists
  Open from Thursday 21st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  50 signatures

• Implement mandatory license suspension for mobile device usage whilst driving
  Open from Thursday 21st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  83 signatures

• Change the theory test system to let learner drivers take the test at home
  Open from Thursday 14th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Exempt all delivery drivers from parking fines
  Open from Thursday 14th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Extend the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to all public transport
  Open from Wednesday 13th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Fund training of more driving instructors and free driving lessons
  Open from Monday 11th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Increase threshold for extra tax on luxury cars to £50,000
  Open from Monday 11th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  79 signatures

• Drivers to retake theory test at 65 years old
  Open from Monday 11th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Free bus and train fares for students of all ages
  Open from Monday 11th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Introduce offences of Death by Careless/Dangerous Cycling
  Open from Friday 8th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  218 signatures

• Towing limits to be based on actual weight of vehicle and trailer instead of MAM
  Open from Thursday 7th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15 signatures

• Allow blue badge holders to use personal electric vehicles on public land
  Open from Wednesday 6th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,507 signatures

• Rename death by dangerous driving as "motor manslaughter" and increase sentences
  Open from Wednesday 6th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  758 signatures

• Make it illegal for cyclists to use roads with speed limits of over 40mph
  Open from Tuesday 5th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Set a minimum MOT fee and increase the maximum fee for an MOT
  Open from Thursday 29th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  253 signatures

• Change rules so private hire vehicles can't refuse a short journey
  Open from Thursday 29th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Fund free rail travel for all track operatives, including agency staff
  Open from Monday 26th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Require train stations to install protection from people falling on tracks
  Open from Monday 26th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Require all taxi drivers to take the CPC course
  Open from Wednesday 21st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Provide funding for train companies to give train drivers a pay rise
  Open from Monday 19th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Cap all parking fines in train station carparks to the cost of a day’s parking
  Open from Friday 16th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Introduce a legal duty of care for road traffic collision victims at the scene
  Open from Thursday 15th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  300 signatures

• Make "Close Passes" by drivers a specific traffic offence
  Open from Tuesday 13th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  127 signatures

• Change the disabled badge holder symbol so it represents more disabilities
  Open from Monday 12th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Legalise bioptic driving
  Open from Friday 9th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Nationalise All Water, Gas, Electricity, Rail and Bus companies.
  Open from Thursday 8th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  192 signatures

• Ban train strikes
  Open from Thursday 8th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  69 signatures

• Create a state-owned car insurance provider
  Open from Tuesday 6th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  153 signatures

• Review rules relating to blue badges for children under three
  Open from Monday 5th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  10,832 signatures

• Introduce a progressive licensing system for young drivers under the age of 25
  Open from Friday 2nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24,296 signatures

• Bring back the Road Tax Disc
  Open from Thursday 1st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Enable cat. B drivers to drive D1 minibuses for home to school transport
  Open from Wednesday 31st January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Automatically upgrade A2 motorcycle licence to A licence after 2 years
  Open from Wednesday 31st January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  218 signatures

• Reduce the period penalty points are on a licence for driving without insurance
  Open from Tuesday 30th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  10 signatures

• Do not allow rail fares to be increased
  Open from Friday 26th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  98 signatures

• Increase threshold for car tax surcharge to cars with a list price of £45,000
  Open from Thursday 25th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  79 signatures

• Rebate scheme for pensioners buying electric cars
  Open from Thursday 25th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  113 signatures

• Increase crash test requirements for testing child car seats
  Open from Thursday 25th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  51 signatures

• Set 20mph residential speed limit and require drivers stop after hitting a cat
  Open from Wednesday 24th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  36 signatures

• Ban LED headlights from public roads
  Open from Wednesday 24th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,269 signatures

• Allow people who passed driving test in automatic car to drive manual cars
  Open from Wednesday 24th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Review the safety of electric buses
  Open from Tuesday 23rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  44 signatures

• Increase fines for serious speeding offences with higher fines for high earners
  Open from Tuesday 23rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Ban cyclists from using a handheld mobile phone/electronic device while cycling
  Open from Tuesday 23rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  99 signatures

• Require bikes be fitted with suitable lights in full working order at all times
  Open from Tuesday 23rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  376 signatures

• Stop car insurers considering age of driver when setting insurance policies
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  73 signatures

• Lifetime ban and increased sentences for driving offences while disqualified
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  201 signatures

• Make it so you only have to do one CBT in your life time
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  28 signatures

• Compulsory annual safety inspections on roads throughout England
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

• Increase the maximum assisted speed for e-bikes from 15.5 mph to 20 mph
  Open from Wednesday 17th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  866 signatures

• Extend the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to cover local trains
  Open from Wednesday 17th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  260 signatures

• Review the brightness of car headlights for safety
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14,107 signatures

• Require all drivers to undertake periodic training
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  49 signatures

• Require driving licence suspensions after collisions until investigation is over
  Open from Wednesday 10th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  101 signatures

• Require automatic refunds for rail journeys that are more than 15 minutes late
  Open from Wednesday 3rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Require local authorities to allow non-emergency ambulances to use bus lanes
  Open from Wednesday 3rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Change the design of traffic lights to reflect shapes of road traffic signs
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Require communications from Private Parking companies to be traceable/trackable
  Open from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  300 signatures

• Ban private jets
  Open from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  119 signatures

• Negotiate UK-wide recognition of older person's bus passes
  Open from Thursday 21st December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15,632 signatures

• Require greater priority for pedestrians at pedestrian-operated traffic lights
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,377 signatures

• Ensure level boarding between train and platform for new platforms/trains
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Increase sentences for drink driving offences
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  359 signatures

• Lifetime driving ban for convicted Drunk or Drug drivers.
  Open from Friday 15th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  414 signatures

• Make disabled persons' bus passes valid before 9:30am and after 11:00pm.
  Open from Wednesday 13th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  224 signatures

• Raise Motorway Speed Limits to 100mph and Dual Carriageways to 80mph
  Open from Wednesday 13th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  42,796 signatures

• Ban local authorities imposing 20mph speed limits on major roads
  Open from Friday 8th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  4,048 signatures

• Revoke powers to charge CAZ, LEZ, and ULEZ, and require refund of past charges
  Open from Wednesday 6th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,983 signatures

• Urgent reforms for fair practical driving test allocations
  Open from Friday 1st December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  37 signatures

• Require local authorities in England to permit delivery drivers to use bus lanes
  Open from Thursday 30th November 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  48 signatures

• Require increased and more secure provision of HGV parking at motorway services
  Open from Thursday 30th November 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  122 signatures

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