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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• Protect Railway Workers Against Violent Crime
  Open from Wednesday 26th February 2025 to Tuesday 26th August 2025
  8,967 signatures

• Change the DVLA requirements for motor caravan conversions.
  Open from Thursday 20th February 2025 to Wednesday 20th August 2025
  23 signatures

• Require drivers to re-sit driving test if they knock a motorcyclist off a bike
  Open from Wednesday 19th February 2025 to Tuesday 19th August 2025
  54 signatures

• Require railway companies to operate Railway Passenger Services On Boxing Day
  Open from Tuesday 18th February 2025 to Monday 18th August 2025
  34 signatures

• School Minibus Safety - Remove Section 19 Exemptions for Schools
  Open from Tuesday 18th February 2025 to Monday 18th August 2025
  2,280 signatures

• Allow traffic to turn left on red lights if clear
  Open from Tuesday 18th February 2025 to Monday 18th August 2025
  37 signatures

• Regulate the brightness and type of vehicle headlights allowed
  Open from Tuesday 18th February 2025 to Monday 18th August 2025
  1,151 signatures

• Make it illegal for sound to be played on public transport without headphones.
  Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
  155 signatures

• Tighten the regulations on electric vehicle charger providers
  Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
  24 signatures

• Regulate Cabin Baggage Dimensions Across Airlines and Cap Baggage Fees
  Open from Friday 14th February 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025
  442 signatures

• More funding to enforce traffic offences committed by cycle/scooter users
  Open from Friday 14th February 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025
  59 signatures

• Increase landowners rights against parking on their property without permission
  Open from Thursday 13th February 2025 to Wednesday 13th August 2025
  70 signatures

• Restrict lorries to the left lane on dual carriageways and motorways
  Open from Thursday 13th February 2025 to Wednesday 13th August 2025
  46 signatures

• Require e-bike riders to be licensed & regulated like mopeds
  Open from Thursday 13th February 2025 to Wednesday 13th August 2025
  168 signatures

• Raise the expensive car supplement threshold to £50k
  Open from Wednesday 12th February 2025 to Tuesday 12th August 2025
  260 signatures

• Introduce Indian driving licence conversion to GB driving licence.
  Open from Monday 10th February 2025 to Sunday 10th August 2025
  21 signatures

• Make it illegal across the country to park on and obstruct the pavement.
  Open from Monday 10th February 2025 to Sunday 10th August 2025
  170 signatures

• Fund measures to reduce traffic
  Open from Wednesday 5th February 2025 to Tuesday 5th August 2025
  23 signatures

• Introduce Regulation of Private Parking Practices
  Open from Wednesday 5th February 2025 to Tuesday 5th August 2025
  95 signatures

• Change Delay compensation times on UK trains from 15 minutes to 10 minutes.
  Open from Tuesday 4th February 2025 to Monday 4th August 2025
  44 signatures

• Mandate drivers attach plates displaying their penalty points on their vehicle
  Open from Monday 3rd February 2025 to Sunday 3rd August 2025
  38 signatures

• Amend UNECE Regulation No. 79
  Open from Thursday 30th January 2025 to Wednesday 30th July 2025
  23 signatures

• Require DVSA to allow candidates to request Same-Gender Driving Test Examiners
  Open from Thursday 30th January 2025 to Wednesday 30th July 2025
  38 signatures

• Government to set out plans for reducing rail fares
  Open from Thursday 30th January 2025 to Wednesday 30th July 2025
  385 signatures

• Ban Insurance Increases After Non-Fault Claims
  Open from Tuesday 28th January 2025 to Monday 28th July 2025
  97 signatures

• Remove requirement to have motor insurance unless you have past driving offences
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  44 signatures

• Tougher Penalties for drivers with loud cars
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  155 signatures

• A2 motorcycle licences to upgrade to an A license automatically after 2 years
  Open from Friday 24th January 2025 to Thursday 24th July 2025
  3,412 signatures

• Require train companies to provide an unlimited subscription for train travel
  Open from Friday 24th January 2025 to Thursday 24th July 2025
  41 signatures

• Reduce EV charging VAT rate from 20% to 5% on the public charging network
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  55 signatures

• Make motorway lessons a mandatory part of UK driving test & lessons
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  65 signatures

• Require rail customers to be told the cheapest possible fare
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  69 signatures

• Create a Unified Database for Viewing All PCNs
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  23 signatures

• Introduce a cap for motorcycle insurance prices
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  63 signatures

• Require train operators to allow under 18s to purchase child tickets
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  47 signatures

• Have a public inquiry into the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
  Open from Tuesday 21st January 2025 to Monday 21st July 2025
  95 signatures

• Allow driving motorcycles up to 125cc without CBT on category B driving licence
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  97 signatures

• Fund free public transport for diagnosed autistic people
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  122 signatures

• UK Government To Create A British International Rail Company.
  Open from Friday 17th January 2025 to Thursday 17th July 2025
  111 signatures

• Allow Road Legal Motorcycles to use Bridle paths
  Open from Friday 10th January 2025 to Thursday 10th July 2025
  30 signatures

• Review process for booking driving tests and ban the resale at inflated prices
  Open from Thursday 9th January 2025 to Wednesday 9th July 2025
  11,762 signatures

• Cap car insurance prices
  Open from Wednesday 8th January 2025 to Tuesday 8th July 2025
  171 signatures

• Fund the DVSA to increase the availability of practical driving tests
  Open from Wednesday 8th January 2025 to Tuesday 8th July 2025
  124 signatures

• Abolish the deadline for the purchase of new petrol and diesel cars
  Open from Wednesday 8th January 2025 to Tuesday 8th July 2025
  4,042 signatures

• Charge Non UK registered vehicles to use UK roads to help fund road repairs
  Open from Tuesday 7th January 2025 to Monday 7th July 2025
  100 signatures

• Implement a strategy to protect motorcyclists from imports of unsafe clothing
  Open from Monday 6th January 2025 to Sunday 6th July 2025
  7,154 signatures

• Introduce Transport Discounts for Students based on their academic grades
  Open from Monday 6th January 2025 to Sunday 6th July 2025
  16 signatures

• Introduce a mandatory driving test for moped/small motorcycle users
  Open from Monday 6th January 2025 to Sunday 6th July 2025
  161 signatures

• Set limits on the length of lane closures for roadworks
  Open from Tuesday 31st December 2024 to Monday 30th June 2025
  123 signatures

• Extend free bus travel for people over 60 in England
  Open from Friday 27th December 2024 to Friday 27th June 2025
  101,187 signatures

• Create the right to examine council witnesses in moving traffic contraventions
  Open from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Tuesday 24th June 2025
  307 signatures

• Enable disabled bus pass users to travel during peak times across England
  Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
  637 signatures

• Introduce licences, number plates and insurance requirements for cyclists
  Open from Wednesday 18th December 2024 to Wednesday 18th June 2025
  276 signatures

• Require all delivery riders to have passed their driving test
  Open from Wednesday 18th December 2024 to Wednesday 18th June 2025
  148 signatures

• Review the Highways Act 1980 to allow safe EV charging cables across pavements
  Open from Tuesday 17th December 2024 to Tuesday 17th June 2025
  65 signatures

• Require drivers to retake their driving test at age 60.
  Open from Monday 16th December 2024 to Monday 16th June 2025
  128 signatures

• Fund the creation of bike lanes for all main roads
  Open from Wednesday 11th December 2024 to Wednesday 11th June 2025
  371 signatures

• Introduce scheme for reduced or free public transport fares
  Open from Tuesday 10th December 2024 to Tuesday 10th June 2025
  205 signatures

• Protect Cats: Make Reporting Cat Accidents a Legal Requirement
  Open from Monday 9th December 2024 to Monday 9th June 2025
  2,548 signatures

• Bring the Parking Code of Practice into law, as per the 2019 Act of Parliament.
  Open from Friday 6th December 2024 to Friday 6th June 2025
  672 signatures

• Reverse decision to increase the cap on bus fares from £2 to £3.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  589 signatures

• Automatic driving ban until driving test retake for 12 Points on a Licence.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  423 signatures

• Ban ALL Stick on Covers for Windscreens.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  36 signatures

• Reinstate the hard shoulder on all motorways
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  685 signatures

• Increase the UK national speed limits
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  563 signatures

• Create a national badge for parent and child spaces.
  Open from Wednesday 27th November 2024 to Tuesday 27th May 2025
  149 signatures

• Stop third party sites selling DVSA practical exam bookings for profit
  Open from Tuesday 26th November 2024 to Monday 26th May 2025
  136 signatures

• Raise the maximum assisted speed to 20mph for E-bikes
  Open from Tuesday 26th November 2024 to Monday 26th May 2025
  73 signatures

• Reinstate full HS2 route to Manchester & Leeds to combat regional inequality.
  Open from Monday 25th November 2024 to Sunday 25th May 2025
  199 signatures

• Extend the theory test expiry date from the current 2 years to 3 years
  Open from Friday 22nd November 2024 to Thursday 22nd May 2025
  250 signatures

• Stop individuals in non-fault accidents being charged more for car insurance
  Open from Friday 22nd November 2024 to Thursday 22nd May 2025
  847 signatures

• Introduce presumed liability for civil cases from road traffic collisions
  Open from Monday 18th November 2024 to Sunday 18th May 2025
  4,916 signatures

• Establish a capacity limit for trains.
  Open from Monday 18th November 2024 to Sunday 18th May 2025
  150 signatures

• Legalise use of privately owned e-scooters and e-bikes on public roads
  Open from Thursday 14th November 2024 to Wednesday 14th May 2025
  443 signatures

• Change the legal driving age to 15
  Open from Wednesday 6th November 2024 to Tuesday 6th May 2025
  235 signatures

• Maintain the £3 bus fare cap permanently
  Open from Friday 1st November 2024 to Thursday 1st May 2025
  628 signatures

• Launch a railcard for those over the age of 30 covering all of the UK.
  Open from Friday 1st November 2024 to Thursday 1st May 2025
  863 signatures

• Pause plans for Oxford-Cambridge rail link pending a full, independent review
  Open from Tuesday 21st May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  5,475 signatures

• Remove requirement to register pets as manifest cargo for flights to/from the UK
  Open from Tuesday 21st May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  149 signatures

• Require all public car parks to have cash and/or card payment options
  Open from Monday 20th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  49 signatures

• Require zebra crossings outside all primary schools
  Open from Thursday 16th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  558 signatures

• Regulate car insurance to cap costs and make dependent only on driver and car
  Open from Wednesday 15th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  106 signatures

• Extend theory certificates for Potential Driving Instructors due to wait times
  Open from Wednesday 15th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  402 signatures

• Allow over 25s with a driving licence to ride up to a 300cc motorbike with a CBT
  Open from Wednesday 15th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  13 signatures

• Require "use all lanes and merge in turn" signs where works reduce live lanes
  Open from Wednesday 15th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Free Travel for Children Accompanied by Adults
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  19 signatures

• Introduce specific penalties for middle and outer lane hogging on the motorway
  Open from Monday 13th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Change the law on Cross Border Hire of taxis and private hire vehicles
  Open from Monday 13th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  7,964 signatures

• Allow Moldovans to exchange driving licences for UK driving licence
  Open from Friday 10th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Immediately Reintroduce Private Parking Code of Practice
  Open from Friday 10th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  374 signatures

• Require safety bollards and speed cameras outside schools and nurseries
  Open from Tuesday 7th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement for drivers to stop & report collisions with cats
  Open from Friday 3rd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  74 signatures

• Require drivers to stop and seek medical assistance if they hit a cat
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  48 signatures

• Provide funding to lower the cost of train fares
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  51 signatures

• Require local or national referendums on major road policy changes
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  35 signatures

• Require public transport operators allow bicycles where capacity allows
  Open from Wednesday 1st May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  10 signatures

• Stop all smart motorways and re-instate all hard shoulders
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  347 signatures

• Give Government powers to veto or amend local road traffic schemes eg. ULEZ/LTNs
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  662 signatures

• Change distance units in road transport from miles to kilometres
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  56 signatures

• Require that cyclists have licence plates, pay road tax and have insurance
  Open from Monday 29th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  82 signatures

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