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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• 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

• Put an engine size cap for all new drivers for 3 years
  Open from Wednesday 29th November 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• DVLA to amend rules on registration of historic cars with certain modifications
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  59 signatures

• Make it illegal to use a parent parking space without a child
  Open from Monday 27th November 2023 to Monday 27th May 2024
  36 signatures

• Do not double charge road tax for vehicles put on & taken off SORN in same month
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  22 signatures

• Create a Government Scheme to incentivise Driving Instructors to be examiners
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  13 signatures

• Change e-scooters legislation to allow use on roads & pavements legally
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  448 signatures

• Require local authorities to issue parking permits to health and care workers
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  192 signatures

• Due to driving test backlogs, allow 3 years for non-GB licence holders to drive
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  133 signatures

• Ban the use of aerosol cans on public transport
  Open from Tuesday 14th November 2023 to Tuesday 14th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Require roundabouts to have colour-coded lanes
  Open from Friday 10th November 2023 to Friday 10th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Require speed cameras be visible with road markings showing the area covered
  Open from Friday 10th November 2023 to Friday 10th May 2024
  45 signatures

• Require the installation and use of safety belts in police vans
  Open from Friday 10th November 2023 to Friday 10th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Let airlines allow pets in the airplane’s cabin to and from the UK
  Open from Thursday 9th November 2023 to Thursday 9th May 2024
  12,410 signatures

• Add the highway code to the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
  46 signatures

• Create a grant for Universal Credit claimants to learn to drive
  Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
  49 signatures

• Make motorcycle awareness a mandatory part of driving tests
  Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
  747 signatures

• Legalise the use of passenger drones and 'mosquito helicopters'
  Open from Tuesday 7th November 2023 to Tuesday 7th May 2024
  13 signatures

• Update legislation so that all pick-up trucks follow same speed limits as cars
  Open from Tuesday 7th November 2023 to Tuesday 7th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Require all train/tube stations to have step-free access
  Open from Friday 3rd November 2023 to Friday 3rd May 2024
  37 signatures

• Ban domestic flights on routes that can be travelled by train in under 4.5 hours
  Open from Thursday 2nd November 2023 to Thursday 2nd May 2024
  10,584 signatures

• Increase the statutory minimum wage for HGV drivers
  Open from Wednesday 1st November 2023 to Wednesday 1st May 2024
  447 signatures

• Create an "18 Saver Railcard" for students in England
  Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
  23 signatures

• Allow 15 year olds to drive 50cc mopeds or motorbikes limited to 30mph
  Open from Thursday 26th October 2023 to Friday 26th April 2024
  41 signatures

• Stop charging extra for monthly direct debit or 6-monthly Car Road Tax
  Open from Tuesday 24th October 2023 to Wednesday 24th April 2024
  38 signatures

• Give Parliament a vote on whether to scrap the northern section of HS2
  Open from Friday 20th October 2023 to Saturday 20th April 2024
  31 signatures

• Lower driving age to 16 but introduce tougher tests for both 16 and 17 year-olds
  Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
  29 signatures

• Reduce acceptable noise levels from vehicle exhausts.
  Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
  52 signatures

• Referendum on local government power to introduce road traffic policies.
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  874 signatures

• Introduce restrictions on cutting roadside verges to protect native wildflowers
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  64 signatures

• Hold a public awareness campaign on seat belt requirements for children
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  1,820 signatures

• Remove the requirement of "reasonable grounds" for stop and search
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  189 signatures

• Keep compulsory purchased land for HS2 to Manchester.
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  2,287 signatures

• Allow 16 year olds to get a licence to ride 125 cc motorcycles
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  25 signatures

• Create a statutory Delay Repay scheme for all public transport
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  28 signatures

• Stop all work on HS2 following cancellation of Birmingham to Manchester section
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  28 signatures

• Create a return scheme for HS2 compulsory purchased properties and land
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  35 signatures

• Compensate those affected by preparations for HS2 from Birmingham Manchester
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  72 signatures

• Allow driving exams to be taken in other languages or with translator
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  12 signatures

• Change motorcycle licence laws
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  32 signatures

• Fund a £30 Fare Cap for Train Fares
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  34 signatures

• Introduce fixed prices for car insurance based on power to weight ratio and age
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  48 signatures

• Make all dirt bikes street legal at 14 without license
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  20 signatures

• Negotiate UK-wide speed limits
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  22 signatures

• Don't axe Birmingham-Manchester line of HS2
  Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
  490 signatures

• Require Highways England to improve A road safety
  Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
  27 signatures

• Ban Cyclists from the road
  Open from Thursday 28th September 2023 to Thursday 28th March 2024
  40 signatures

• Require cyclists display registration, pay road tax and have insurance
  Open from Tuesday 19th September 2023 to Tuesday 19th March 2024
  353 signatures

• Require enclosure of bridges over motorways
  Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
  55 signatures

• Make people with Parkinson's Disease automatically eligible for Blue Badges
  Open from Friday 8th September 2023 to Friday 8th March 2024
  4,713 signatures

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