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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• Require all public buses to have toilets
  Open from Wednesday 18th June 2025 to Thursday 18th December 2025
  34 signatures

• Urgently regulate e-scooters
  Open from Wednesday 18th June 2025 to Thursday 18th December 2025
  31,486 signatures

• Make CCTV mandatory in all taxis and private hire vehicles
  Open from Friday 13th June 2025 to Saturday 13th December 2025
  8,420 signatures

• Fund free public transport for all through an additional tax on income
  Open from Thursday 12th June 2025 to Friday 12th December 2025
  28 signatures

• Provide funding to put up fences on all roads to protect wildlife
  Open from Wednesday 11th June 2025 to Thursday 11th December 2025
  77 signatures

• Grant Malaysian Driving Licence Conversion
  Open from Monday 9th June 2025 to Tuesday 9th December 2025
  159 signatures

• Require all new trains to be fitted with seatbelts
  Open from Monday 9th June 2025 to Tuesday 9th December 2025
  31 signatures

• Change the law to allow dogs and cats to travel in airplane cabins into the UK
  Open from Thursday 5th June 2025 to Friday 5th December 2025
  755 signatures

• Abolish all toll roads
  Open from Wednesday 4th June 2025 to Thursday 4th December 2025
  42 signatures

• Require drivers to stop and take cats to the vets if they hit them in their car
  Open from Wednesday 4th June 2025 to Thursday 4th December 2025
  10,959 signatures

• Lower the minimum age to take the DVLA Theory Test for cars to 16
  Open from Tuesday 3rd June 2025 to Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  38 signatures

• Fund free public transport for people aged 10-18
  Open from Friday 30th May 2025 to Sunday 30th November 2025
  55 signatures

• Require bus operators to refund fares for service cancellations
  Open from Wednesday 28th May 2025 to Friday 28th November 2025
  272 signatures

• Lower the Drink Drive Limit in England to be in line with Scotland
  Open from Tuesday 27th May 2025 to Thursday 27th November 2025
  50 signatures

• Increase funding for more frequent bus services connecting rural areas
  Open from Tuesday 27th May 2025 to Thursday 27th November 2025
  43 signatures

• Review the use of speed cameras
  Open from Wednesday 21st May 2025 to Friday 21st November 2025
  49 signatures

• Make it mandatory for drivers to provide Driving Licence to get insurance
  Open from Tuesday 20th May 2025 to Thursday 20th November 2025
  1,283 signatures

• Change speeding penalties to 1point for up to 25MPH on a 20MPH road
  Open from Tuesday 20th May 2025 to Thursday 20th November 2025
  2,702 signatures

• Remove speed limits on motorways
  Open from Monday 19th May 2025 to Wednesday 19th November 2025
  48 signatures

• Ban Drop-off charges at airports
  Open from Monday 19th May 2025 to Wednesday 19th November 2025
  2,221 signatures

• Make hoverboards legal to use on public roads and footpaths
  Open from Monday 19th May 2025 to Wednesday 19th November 2025
  20 signatures

• Change the rules around road signage for motorists
  Open from Friday 16th May 2025 to Sunday 16th November 2025
  52 signatures

• Increase engine power limit for motorcycle drivers on CBT license
  Open from Friday 16th May 2025 to Sunday 16th November 2025
  45 signatures

• Introduce a government-backed motor vehicle insurance provider
  Open from Friday 16th May 2025 to Sunday 16th November 2025
  31 signatures

• Allow people to take their driving theory test in Arabic
  Open from Wednesday 14th May 2025 to Friday 14th November 2025
  31 signatures

• Change the speed limit for single-carriageway rural roads from 60mph to 30mph
  Open from Tuesday 13th May 2025 to Thursday 13th November 2025
  2,000 signatures

• Immediately ban all vehicles that fail their MOT from being driven
  Open from Monday 12th May 2025 to Wednesday 12th November 2025
  15 signatures

• Make bus travel free for secondary school students
  Open from Thursday 8th May 2025 to Saturday 8th November 2025
  122 signatures

• Require people over 70 have a compulsory eye tests every 2 years to drive
  Open from Thursday 8th May 2025 to Saturday 8th November 2025
  171 signatures

• Allow mobile use solely for real-time traffic updates when vehicles are stopped
  Open from Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 6th November 2025
  24 signatures

• Adopt the same bus driving hour regulations as used in the EU
  Open from Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 6th November 2025
  38 signatures

• Require Give Way signs to be positioned on major slip roads
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  25 signatures

• Add Sri Lanka as an eligible country for driving licence conversion
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  98 signatures

• Abolish the Driving theory and hazard perception tests
  Open from Wednesday 30th April 2025 to Thursday 30th October 2025
  34 signatures

• Lower the apprenticeship age to 14
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  63 signatures

• Allow motorbike riders with a current CBT to get road experience without paying.
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  25 signatures

• Require All Local Authorities To Ensure That All Taxi Ranks Are Accessible
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  29 signatures

• Increase funding for the DVLA to reduce delays to medical license decisions
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  71 signatures

• Hold Gig Economy Delivery companies accountable for ensuring legal road use
  Open from Friday 25th April 2025 to Saturday 25th October 2025
  116 signatures

• Prohibit cyclists on roads with speed limits over 30mph for public safety
  Open from Thursday 24th April 2025 to Friday 24th October 2025
  75 signatures

• Require breath analysers to be put in all new cars
  Open from Thursday 24th April 2025 to Friday 24th October 2025
  40 signatures

• Collect water from motorways & add more lighting to make them safer to drive on
  Open from Wednesday 23rd April 2025 to Thursday 23rd October 2025
  22 signatures

• Require new cars to include a spare wheel
  Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
  65 signatures

• Exempt all registered motorcycles from paying Vehicle Excise Duty
  Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
  154 signatures

• Extend the parking period for disabled badge holders and change renewal rules
  Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
  39 signatures

• Review road tax to fairly account for vehicle age and emissions
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  102 signatures

• Allow vehicles to be road taxed in 3 month increments
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  17 signatures

• Make all grass verge parking illegal
  Open from Wednesday 16th April 2025 to Thursday 16th October 2025
  265 signatures

• Require all to have GB licence to drive here & fund more enforcement.
  Open from Friday 11th April 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
  104 signatures

• Make a specific offence for a taxi driver to have sexual contact with a customer
  Open from Friday 11th April 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
  707 signatures

• Lower VED caps: £10 for Zero Emission + £30 for Internal Combustion vehicles
  Open from Friday 11th April 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
  16 signatures

• Add Morocco to the list of 'designated countries' for driving licence exchange
  Open from Thursday 10th April 2025 to Friday 10th October 2025
  1,268 signatures

• Improve the National Speed Limit (NSL) road sign
  Open from Wednesday 9th April 2025 to Thursday 9th October 2025
  23 signatures

• Require cyclists to abide by same speed limits as motor vehicles
  Open from Wednesday 9th April 2025 to Thursday 9th October 2025
  67 signatures

• Provide funding for local authorities to have more electric buses
  Open from Wednesday 9th April 2025 to Thursday 9th October 2025
  34 signatures

• Legalise the attachment of a small trailer to a mobility scooter
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  19 signatures

• Fund/legislate for improved security and facilities for HGV drivers
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  488 signatures

• Ban restrictions on overnight parking for motorhomes and campervans
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  4,619 signatures

• Enforce fair compensation for short-formed train services
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  28 signatures

• Change the driving theory test to be available in different languages
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  16 signatures

• Require that driverless cars avoid harming hedgehogs
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  57 signatures

• Require motor dealerships to comply with the Motor Ombudsman's Code of Practice
  Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
  23 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement that all electric vehicles have artificial sound
  Open from Wednesday 2nd April 2025 to Thursday 2nd October 2025
  113 signatures

• Introduce minimum hours of driving lessons before practical driving test
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  362 signatures

• Require cyclists to stay 2 metres away from pedestrians and horse riders
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  94 signatures

• Allow category C and category D driving licences to be used interchangeably
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  18 signatures

• Review enforcement of law around vehicle transporter licenses
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  28 signatures

• Stop the DVLA selling information to private companies
  Open from Friday 28th March 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025
  105 signatures

• Ban the sale of secondhand and unroadworthy cars to underage drivers
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  854 signatures

• Make illegal to drive off after hitting any animal or wildlife without reporting
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  64 signatures

• Negotiate UK-wide recognition of older person's bus passes
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  1,965 signatures

• Require airlines to allow name changes if a passenger can’t travel
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  32 signatures

• Require car parks to have an on-site payment point
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  146 signatures

• Drivers arrested for drug driving to be banned immediately
  Open from Monday 24th March 2025 to Wednesday 24th September 2025
  252 signatures

• Scrap the 100ml rule for hand luggage in airports
  Open from Thursday 20th March 2025 to Saturday 20th September 2025
  33 signatures

• Create a compensation scheme for businesses affected by rail strikes
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  42 signatures

• Stop taxis operating outside their licensing area
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  862 signatures

• Make it illegal for haulage companies to send HGVs into red weather warnings
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  104 signatures

• Make machines, which take payment on exit, mandatory for parking operators.
  Open from Monday 17th March 2025 to Wednesday 17th September 2025
  82 signatures

• Fund a nationwide app for parking
  Open from Monday 17th March 2025 to Wednesday 17th September 2025
  42 signatures

• Extend the closing date of the Plug-in Van and Truck Grant beyond 31 March 2025
  Open from Thursday 13th March 2025 to Saturday 13th September 2025
  15 signatures

• Review, and simplify regulations about the operation of Large Goods Vehicles
  Open from Thursday 13th March 2025 to Saturday 13th September 2025
  24 signatures

• Give Wales the same funding per person for the rail network as England
  Open from Thursday 13th March 2025 to Saturday 13th September 2025
  974 signatures

• Do not introduce digital driving licences
  Open from Thursday 13th March 2025 to Saturday 13th September 2025
  862 signatures

• Decrease the speed limit on country roads for the protection of animals
  Open from Wednesday 12th March 2025 to Friday 12th September 2025
  145 signatures

• Introduce minimum age and driving experience for emergency response drivers
  Open from Wednesday 12th March 2025 to Friday 12th September 2025
  22 signatures

• Make it mandatory for all disabled bays to be painted yellow
  Open from Monday 10th March 2025 to Wednesday 10th September 2025
  66 signatures

• Make private flyers pay for their Carbon emissions
  Open from Monday 10th March 2025 to Wednesday 10th September 2025
  265 signatures

• Introduce 20% maximum commission rate for private hire (ride hailing companies)
  Open from Wednesday 5th March 2025 to Friday 5th September 2025
  98 signatures

• Require licenses to use an electric bike or electric scooter
  Open from Wednesday 5th March 2025 to Friday 5th September 2025
  200 signatures

• Change interim driving disqualifications from 6 months to until sentencing.
  Open from Tuesday 4th March 2025 to Thursday 4th September 2025
  1,212 signatures

• Increase speed limit from 70 mph to 90 mph on motorways.
  Open from Tuesday 4th March 2025 to Thursday 4th September 2025
  101 signatures

• Raise the maximum price for MOT tests for the first time since 2010
  Open from Monday 3rd March 2025 to Wednesday 3rd September 2025
  731 signatures

• Allow motorcycles in bus lanes as default
  Open from Friday 28th February 2025 to Thursday 28th August 2025
  27,089 signatures

• Allow more healthcare workers to display green beacons when on call
  Open from Friday 28th February 2025 to Thursday 28th August 2025
  37 signatures

• Require registration, mot, road tax and insurance for all e-bikes
  Open from Friday 28th February 2025 to Thursday 28th August 2025
  291 signatures

• Regulate lifeguard provision and require them to use coloured flags
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  2,293 signatures

• Ban the use of private jets rather than putting additives in cow's food
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  77 signatures

• Hold a referendum on the proposed ban on new ICE cars in 2030
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  231 signatures

• Ban higher car insurance premiums for young and new drivers
  Open from Wednesday 26th February 2025 to Tuesday 26th August 2025
  157 signatures

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