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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• Make adaptive anti-dazzle headlamps mandatory on new road vehicles
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  73 signatures

• Create a separate MOT test classification for modified vehicles
  Open from Tuesday 7th October 2025 to Tuesday 7th April 2026
  34 signatures

• Change law around box junctions to give drivers more leniency
  Open from Monday 6th October 2025 to Monday 6th April 2026
  13,298 signatures

• Fund free bus passes for all carers of disabled people
  Open from Wednesday 1st October 2025 to Wednesday 1st April 2026
  165 signatures

• Review the driving test booking process, ban resales at inflated prices & bots
  Open from Wednesday 1st October 2025 to Wednesday 1st April 2026
  179 signatures

• Increase dual carriage and motorway speed limit to 80mph
  Open from Tuesday 30th September 2025 to Monday 30th March 2026
  2,883 signatures

• Establish a minimum service level of 30% during public transport strikes
  Open from Tuesday 30th September 2025 to Monday 30th March 2026
  39 signatures

• Prohibit transport workers from strike action
  Open from Monday 29th September 2025 to Sunday 29th March 2026
  44 signatures

• Reform MOT testing: minimum pricing and higher professional standards
  Open from Friday 26th September 2025 to Thursday 26th March 2026
  126 signatures

• Make roads outside all schools/nurseries 20mph with metal railings & speed bumps
  Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
  53 signatures

• Free bus travel for under 16s
  Open from Monday 22nd September 2025 to Sunday 22nd March 2026
  124 signatures

• Make the Driving Theory Test compulsory for motorcyclists before their CBT
  Open from Wednesday 17th September 2025 to Tuesday 17th March 2026
  63 signatures

• Petition for Parent/Child Parking Badges for children up to age 13
  Open from Wednesday 17th September 2025 to Tuesday 17th March 2026
  6,454 signatures

• Require car hire companies to provide safe child seats and enforce with fines
  Open from Tuesday 16th September 2025 to Monday 16th March 2026
  26 signatures

• Review the Expensive Car Supplement
  Open from Monday 15th September 2025 to Sunday 15th March 2026
  122 signatures

• Review highway code for vulnerable road users and fund a tv awareness campaign
  Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
  2,161 signatures

• Review the availability of on-street EV charging for disabled drivers
  Open from Wednesday 10th September 2025 to Tuesday 10th March 2026
  30 signatures

• New road safety legislation for cyclists & mandate safety gear and reg numbers
  Open from Monday 8th September 2025 to Sunday 8th March 2026
  231 signatures

• Require all bus operators across England to accept companion bus passes
  Open from Monday 8th September 2025 to Sunday 8th March 2026
  91 signatures

• Fund the provision of barriers to prevent animals from running onto roads
  Open from Friday 5th September 2025 to Thursday 5th March 2026
  55 signatures

• No prosecutions or points for speeding offences under 30mph
  Open from Friday 5th September 2025 to Thursday 5th March 2026
  83 signatures

• Create a dedicated body to monitor and regulate roadworks in major cities
  Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
  26 signatures

• Increase minimum speeding fines to £1000 & mandate ban for repeat offenders
  Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
  35 signatures

• Fix Our Roads: National Plan on Dangerous Potholes Now
  Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
  18,107 signatures

• Bring Van Speed Limits in Line with Passenger Cars
  Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
  147 signatures

• Seek professional drivers’ exemption to Schengen restrictions on length of stay
  Open from Wednesday 3rd September 2025 to Tuesday 3rd March 2026
  1,665 signatures

• Require all new drivers to have a black box for the first two years
  Open from Wednesday 3rd September 2025 to Tuesday 3rd March 2026
  105 signatures

• Increase minimum penalties for breaking the speed limit twice in a month
  Open from Friday 29th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
  41 signatures

• Reduce bus fare cap to £1.75 for journeys less than 5 miles & freeze for 3 years
  Open from Friday 29th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
  555 signatures

• Require all publicly accessible car parks to have parent and child spaces
  Open from Friday 29th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
  77 signatures

• Require All Food Delivery Motorcycle Riders to Hold a Full Motorcycle Licence
  Open from Thursday 21st August 2025 to Saturday 21st February 2026
  267 signatures

• Only allow learners to book a driving test.
  Open from Thursday 21st August 2025 to Saturday 21st February 2026
  87 signatures

• Restrict Engine Size & Power by Age & create super licence for high-powered cars
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  40 signatures

• Abolish waiting period to retake DVSA instructional ability test & add training
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  99 signatures

• Allow personal e-scooters on public roads for holders of a Category A licence
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  82 signatures

• £1000 fine for loud exhaust pipes & seize vehicles of repeat offenders
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  243 signatures

• Extend the two-year limit on theory tests to five years for everyone taking them
  Open from Tuesday 19th August 2025 to Thursday 19th February 2026
  129 signatures

• Fund a special national railcard for social workers
  Open from Monday 18th August 2025 to Wednesday 18th February 2026
  45 signatures

• Call 999 immediately, test for alcohol & drugs & tougher penalties post-accident
  Open from Friday 15th August 2025 to Sunday 15th February 2026
  40 signatures

• Require first aid training for all new drivers
  Open from Friday 15th August 2025 to Sunday 15th February 2026
  95 signatures

• Pass a law which bans the reselling of practical driving tests
  Open from Friday 15th August 2025 to Sunday 15th February 2026
  3,896 signatures

• Automatic rail fare cap, flexible season tickets & require smart ticketing
  Open from Wednesday 13th August 2025 to Friday 13th February 2026
  73 signatures

• Automatic 1-year driving ban for using a mobile whilst driving
  Open from Wednesday 13th August 2025 to Friday 13th February 2026
  113 signatures

• Fund system to test if motorbike noise is over the legal limit in urban areas
  Open from Tuesday 12th August 2025 to Thursday 12th February 2026
  116 signatures

• Require service stations to provide motorhome waste and water facilities
  Open from Monday 11th August 2025 to Wednesday 11th February 2026
  13,145 signatures

• Review 5-year residency limit for Moldovans to exchange their driving licences
  Open from Friday 8th August 2025 to Sunday 8th February 2026
  3,685 signatures

• Scrap HS2 and turn the line into the world's longest linear park and cycle track
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  51 signatures

• Legislate implementation of the Aviation Accessibility Report recommendations
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  787 signatures

• Legally require all taxi & PHV drivers to have disability training & reporting
  Open from Monday 4th August 2025 to Wednesday 4th February 2026
  62 signatures

• Reduce age limit for holding a full driving licence to 16 with restrictions
  Open from Monday 4th August 2025 to Wednesday 4th February 2026
  113 signatures

• Add Brazil as an eligible country for driving licence conversion
  Open from Monday 4th August 2025 to Wednesday 4th February 2026
  1,500 signatures

• Require delivery sites for HGV car transporters to provide parking/loading areas
  Open from Friday 1st August 2025 to Sunday 1st February 2026
  51 signatures

• Require installation and maintenance of air conditioning in all HGVs and vans
  Open from Friday 1st August 2025 to Sunday 1st February 2026
  39 signatures

• Require fair access to PCN appeals and protect victims of number plate cloning
  Open from Friday 1st August 2025 to Sunday 1st February 2026
  63 signatures

• Require public consultation before airfields and aerodromes can be closed
  Open from Friday 1st August 2025 to Sunday 1st February 2026
  10,781 signatures

• Mandate Tracking of hired Bikes, E-Bikes and Scooters & timed suspensions
  Open from Thursday 31st July 2025 to Saturday 31st January 2026
  138 signatures

• Improve accessibility standards in leisure vehicles, caravans and motorhomes
  Open from Wednesday 30th July 2025 to Friday 30th January 2026
  125 signatures

• Extend the two year limit on theory tests for PDIs and extend pink licence time
  Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
  1,489 signatures

• Set minimum parking space width in car parks as 3.6 metres
  Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
  108 signatures

• Make violence against transport workers a specific criminal offence

• Make violence against transport workers a specific criminal offence
  Open from Monday 28th July 2025 to Wednesday 28th January 2026
  458 signatures

• Speed Up DBS Checks for Taxi and Private Hire Drivers
  Open from Monday 28th July 2025 to Wednesday 28th January 2026
  22 signatures

• Require invoices be sent for all charges in ANPR carparks without onsite payment
  Open from Monday 28th July 2025 to Wednesday 28th January 2026
  54 signatures

• Make Road Traffic Safety a mandatory part of the National Curriculum
  Open from Friday 25th July 2025 to Sunday 25th January 2026
  868 signatures

• Mandatory records of bicycle (& component) serial numbers at sale & ban removal
  Open from Friday 25th July 2025 to Sunday 25th January 2026
  24 signatures

• Change the maximum cc for motorbike use by 16 year olds from 50cc to 125c
  Open from Friday 25th July 2025 to Sunday 25th January 2026
  51 signatures

• Review how motorcycle licensing operates and is enforced
  Open from Thursday 24th July 2025 to Saturday 24th January 2026
  23 signatures

• Increase the government limit on council parking fines
  Open from Wednesday 23rd July 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026
  124 signatures

• Introduce new Legislation for Light Commercial Delivery Vehicles
  Open from Wednesday 23rd July 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026
  24 signatures

• Legal requirement to provide wheelchair access over cobblestones
  Open from Wednesday 23rd July 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026
  28 signatures

• Legalise the use of e-scooters for under 16s on public roads
  Open from Tuesday 22nd July 2025 to Thursday 22nd January 2026
  441 signatures

• Change law so all service stations must provide at least one EV charging point
  Open from Monday 21st July 2025 to Wednesday 21st January 2026
  51 signatures

• Ban electrically-assisted pedal cycles in shared pedestrian-cycle spaces
  Open from Monday 21st July 2025 to Wednesday 21st January 2026
  47 signatures

• Create a Simpler Way to Upgrade from Automatic to Manual Driving Licence
  Open from Friday 18th July 2025 to Sunday 18th January 2026
  37 signatures

• Require car seats for children in all commercial vehicles
  Open from Friday 18th July 2025 to Sunday 18th January 2026
  27 signatures

• Legislate to upgrade all B class license holders to include the C1 category
  Open from Friday 18th July 2025 to Sunday 18th January 2026
  198 signatures

• Ban cycling on all public roads and fund the expansion of separate cycle lanes
  Open from Friday 18th July 2025 to Sunday 18th January 2026
  42 signatures

• Fund the installation of free public bike repair stations in cities & towns
  Open from Tuesday 15th July 2025 to Thursday 15th January 2026
  42 signatures

• Mandate funding of active travel provision as part of any transport projects
  Open from Tuesday 15th July 2025 to Thursday 15th January 2026
  189 signatures

• Require cyclists to wear helmets in cities by law
  Open from Tuesday 15th July 2025 to Thursday 15th January 2026
  75 signatures

• Require all buses to have air conditioning
  Open from Tuesday 15th July 2025 to Thursday 15th January 2026
  52 signatures

• Mandate bilingual Gaelic/English and Scots/English driving licences in Scotland
  Open from Friday 11th July 2025 to Sunday 11th January 2026
  29 signatures

• Update the Highway Code Rule 243 to forbid parking/stopping on private driveways
  Open from Friday 11th July 2025 to Sunday 11th January 2026
  210 signatures

• Change England’s disabled bus pass so it can be used at any time on weekdays
  Open from Thursday 10th July 2025 to Saturday 10th January 2026
  945 signatures

• Force airlines to offer non-overbooked flight tickets
  Open from Tuesday 8th July 2025 to Thursday 8th January 2026
  27 signatures

• Increase regulation of parking signage
  Open from Monday 7th July 2025 to Wednesday 7th January 2026
  15,648 signatures

• Review the DVLA (Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency), including digitalisation
  Open from Monday 7th July 2025 to Wednesday 7th January 2026
  532 signatures

• Make front number plates optional
  Open from Thursday 3rd July 2025 to Saturday 3rd January 2026
  89 signatures

• No More Patchwork Paving: Change the resurfacing rules for utility companies.
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  362 signatures

• Change the age of eligibility for an AM moped licence to 14
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  23 signatures

• Require cyclists who use main roads to have an identification number plate
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  94 signatures

• Legalise E-Scooters for disabled people who are able to use them
  Open from Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Thursday 1st January 2026
  43 signatures

• Cyclists to be licenced, registered to be on the road and have insurance
  Open from Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Thursday 1st January 2026
  312 signatures

• Amend Section 27 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to include all public highways
  Open from Monday 30th June 2025 to Tuesday 30th December 2025
  868 signatures

• Abolish Penalty Points for Minor Speeding Offences
  Open from Monday 30th June 2025 to Tuesday 30th December 2025
  53 signatures

• Fund free bus travel and increase rail fare discounts for those 22 and under
  Open from Friday 27th June 2025 to Saturday 27th December 2025
  163 signatures

• Fund a National NHS Railcard for Healthcare Staff
  Open from Tuesday 24th June 2025 to Wednesday 24th December 2025
  4,158 signatures

• Increase the weight threshold on dual purpose vehicles
  Open from Friday 20th June 2025 to Saturday 20th December 2025
  36 signatures

• Give permits for parent and child bays to stop the misuse of these spaces
  Open from Friday 20th June 2025 to Saturday 20th December 2025
  332 signatures

• Implement road safety strategy to protect motorcyclists
  Open from Thursday 19th June 2025 to Friday 19th December 2025
  42 signatures

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