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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• Scrap the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  24 signatures

• Tougher sentences for vehicle theft including aggravated burglary
  Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
  1,294 signatures

• Government to set a standard price for MOTs
  Open from Friday 3rd February 2023 to Thursday 3rd August 2023
  132 signatures

• Exempt people on Attendance Allowance from vehicle tax
  Open from Friday 3rd February 2023 to Thursday 3rd August 2023
  867 signatures

• Extend or remove the 2030 deadline to ban new diesel and petrol cars
  Open from Friday 3rd February 2023 to Thursday 3rd August 2023
  3,347 signatures

• Adjust the MOT requirement for a manufacturer fitted airbag to be present.
  Open from Friday 3rd February 2023 to Thursday 3rd August 2023
  32 signatures

• Require additional security measures in new cars to prevent car theft
  Open from Wednesday 1st February 2023 to Tuesday 1st August 2023
  301 signatures

• Increase GVW of class 7 to 5 ton for vehicles registered > 2022
  Open from Wednesday 1st February 2023 to Tuesday 1st August 2023
  73 signatures

• Require ALL hybrids and mild hybrids to go through emissions testing during MOT
  Open from Tuesday 31st January 2023 to Monday 31st July 2023
  175 signatures

• Raise the speed limit to 80mph on motorways
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  29 signatures

• Fund a 20-mile motorway between Halifax and Burnley
  Open from Tuesday 24th January 2023 to Monday 24th July 2023
  13 signatures

• Do not extend the period before a vehicle’s first MOT to 4 years
  Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
  11,710 signatures

• Limit penalty charge notices (PCNs) for traffic offences to £20
  Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
  145 signatures

• Withdraw funding for Skills Bootcamps in HGV driving
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  36 signatures

• Require bus drivers to allow children on board, even if they don't have a ticket
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  59 signatures

• Fund free public transport for under 25s
  Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
  22 signatures

• Legalise use of electric scooters on public highways for driving licence holders
  Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
  48 signatures

• Fund free travel for all UK students under 18 and half rate for students 18+
  Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
  176 signatures

• Require all electric vehicles in the UK to use a standardised modular battery
  Open from Tuesday 17th January 2023 to Monday 17th July 2023
  24 signatures

• Make a driving licenses mandatory for electrical scooters
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  39 signatures

• Make pregnant women eligible for a temporary Blue Badge
  Open from Tuesday 10th January 2023 to Monday 10th July 2023
  16 signatures

• Allow motorcycles to have auxiliary flashing lights
  Open from Monday 9th January 2023 to Sunday 9th July 2023
  41 signatures

• Require additional safety features on motorway bridges
  Open from Thursday 5th January 2023 to Wednesday 5th July 2023
  60 signatures

• Review Management and Delivery of Car Driving Tests in the UK
  Open from Thursday 22nd December 2022 to Thursday 22nd June 2023
  21 signatures

• Require all drivers to switch to winter tyres in November as a mandatory measure
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  9 signatures

• Re-regulate rural bus services in England
  Open from Tuesday 20th December 2022 to Tuesday 20th June 2023
  59 signatures

• Bring in legislation to end internal air flights in the UK.
  Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
  514 signatures

• Allow all shire counties to draw up franchise agreements with bus companies.
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  338 signatures

• Ban all E-scooters
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  121 signatures

• Require a Guard/Train Manager on every train
  Open from Monday 12th December 2022 to Monday 12th June 2023
  35 signatures

• Review national guidelines for safety and security of taxi/ph drivers
  Open from Thursday 8th December 2022 to Thursday 8th June 2023
  298 signatures

• Traffic to stop and wait for a stopped school bus loading or unloading children.
  Open from Wednesday 7th December 2022 to Wednesday 7th June 2023
  1,951 signatures

• Require all drivers over 60 to retake the theory and driving test!
  Open from Wednesday 7th December 2022 to Wednesday 7th June 2023
  23 signatures

• Provide free bus passes for all students in full or part-time education

• Provide free bus passes for all students in full or part-time education
  Open from Tuesday 6th December 2022 to Tuesday 6th June 2023
  32 signatures

• I would like the government to ban the sale of peanuts on trains
  Open from Tuesday 6th December 2022 to Tuesday 6th June 2023
  16 signatures

• Make unlawful for any strike to reduce public transport services more than 50%.
  Open from Friday 2nd December 2022 to Friday 2nd June 2023
  76 signatures

• Set minimum percentage of EV chargers for disabled spaces to access LEVI funding
  Open from Thursday 1st December 2022 to Thursday 1st June 2023
  11 signatures

• Fund free bus travel for women and children after sunset
  Open from Wednesday 30th November 2022 to Tuesday 30th May 2023
  29 signatures

• Require the UK flag and letters on new number plates from March 2023 by law
  Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
  845 signatures

• Make it illegal for anyone other than the test sitter to book a driving test
  Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
  25 signatures

• Continue to recognise the EASA drone classifications
  Open from Monday 28th November 2022 to Sunday 28th May 2023
  300 signatures

• Parking permits for drivers with a child in the car
  Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
  23 signatures

• Require speed readout on the approach face of fixed speed cameras
  Open from Thursday 17th November 2022 to Wednesday 17th May 2023
  20 signatures

• Make vehicle/tool theft specific offences with increased sentences
  Open from Tuesday 15th November 2022 to Monday 15th May 2023
  165 signatures

• Introduce new rights to compensation for changes to flight schedules
  Open from Friday 11th November 2022 to Thursday 11th May 2023
  14 signatures

• Fund free public transport for all 16-18 year olds in full-time education
  Open from Friday 11th November 2022 to Thursday 11th May 2023
  28 signatures

• Require platform screen doors (PSDs) in every train station.
  Open from Wednesday 9th November 2022 to Tuesday 9th May 2023
  398 signatures

• Compulsory safe crossing points to be provided at all schools
  Open from Monday 7th November 2022 to Sunday 7th May 2023
  236 signatures

• Require 20mph speed limits around schools and nurseries for collection/drop off
  Open from Friday 4th November 2022 to Thursday 4th May 2023
  24 signatures

• Extend elderly and disabled concessionary bus passes to peak services
  Open from Monday 31st October 2022 to Sunday 30th April 2023
  27 signatures

• Make National Highways an option when calling 999
  Open from Monday 31st October 2022 to Sunday 30th April 2023
  39 signatures

• Require written parking fee reminder before fine, if no onsite payment available
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  28 signatures

• Extend temporary admission for UA refugees to use cars with UA registration
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  10,178 signatures

• Introduce new vehicle registration rules for electrifying classic cars
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  528 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement for cyclists to use cycle paths where available
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  45 signatures

• Reduce Vehicle Tax on Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
  Open from Wednesday 19th October 2022 to Wednesday 19th April 2023
  33 signatures

• Require GPs to sign off on renewal of driving licences for over 70s
  Open from Monday 17th October 2022 to Monday 17th April 2023
  62 signatures

• Fund free public transport for all
  Open from Wednesday 12th October 2022 to Wednesday 12th April 2023
  100 signatures

• Introduce new requirements to ride a moped or motorcycle on the road
  Open from Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Tuesday 11th April 2023
  391 signatures

• Legalise use of personal e-scooters with licence, insurance and safety clothing
  Open from Thursday 6th October 2022 to Thursday 6th April 2023
  56 signatures

• Launch a public information campaign on pedestrians’ rights when using roads
  Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
  20 signatures

• Terminate the contract of First Trenitalia Ltd
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  190 signatures

• Fund reinstatement of the railway line to Louth, Lincolnshire
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  69 signatures

• Lifetime driving ban if you are convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  13,188 signatures

• Make parking on someone else's driveway an offence
  Open from Thursday 8th September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  85 signatures

• Review traffic signal colours to ensure they meet needs of the colour-blind
  Open from Tuesday 6th September 2022 to Monday 20th March 2023
  12 signatures

• Invest in hydrogen fuelling stations AND hydrogen fuel cell car manufacturers
  Open from Tuesday 6th September 2022 to Monday 20th March 2023
  37 signatures

• Ban private jets from UK airspace

• Ban private jets from UK airspace
  Open from Friday 2nd September 2022 to Thursday 16th March 2023
  47 signatures

• Renationalise the railways
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  89 signatures

• Allow lifeboat crew to use blue lights on private vehicles
  Open from Tuesday 30th August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  23 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement for drivers to stop& report accidents involving cats
  Open from Tuesday 30th August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  505 signatures

• Require train operators maintain ticket offices at railway stations
  Open from Friday 26th August 2022 to Sunday 12th March 2023
  16,128 signatures

• Require motorcycle riders to wear protective clothing and footwear.
  Open from Thursday 25th August 2022 to Saturday 11th March 2023
  174 signatures

• Stop charging double vehicle tax for the month in which a vehicle is sold
  Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
  44 signatures

• Make it compulsory for all taxis and PHVs have CCTV and dash cameras
  Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
  77 signatures

• Do not introduce Death by Dangerous Cycling offence or cyclist number plates
  Open from Tuesday 23rd August 2022 to Thursday 9th March 2023
  55 signatures

• Require drivers to retake their test at 65
  Open from Wednesday 17th August 2022 to Friday 3rd March 2023
  41 signatures

• Make it law that all Bicycles and scooters have a bell fitted by Law.
  Open from Wednesday 17th August 2022 to Friday 3rd March 2023
  18 signatures

• Increase funding available to bus companies
  Open from Tuesday 16th August 2022 to Thursday 2nd March 2023
  21 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into the private parking industry's conduct and practices
  Open from Tuesday 16th August 2022 to Thursday 2nd March 2023
  53 signatures

• Make children under three who are disabled eligible for Blue Badges
  Open from Monday 15th August 2022 to Wednesday 1st March 2023
  342 signatures

• Introduce new rights to compensation and support if trains cancelled or delayed
  Open from Monday 15th August 2022 to Wednesday 1st March 2023
  38 signatures

• Motorists re-testing at 65 with 5 yearly re-tests including medical examination.
  Open from Monday 15th August 2022 to Wednesday 1st March 2023
  24 signatures

• Set a legal maximum temperature in HGV trucks
  Open from Thursday 11th August 2022 to Saturday 25th February 2023
  46 signatures

• Cancel HS2
  Open from Thursday 11th August 2022 to Saturday 25th February 2023
  84 signatures

• Increase the 15.5mph speed limit for e-bikes to a minimum of 20mph
  Open from Wednesday 10th August 2022 to Friday 24th February 2023
  285 signatures

• Increase the Category B driving license weight limit to 5000kg
  Open from Wednesday 10th August 2022 to Friday 24th February 2023
  14 signatures

• Ban DVLA from sharing data of vehicles’ registered keepers
  Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
  31 signatures

• Introduce an extra driving test before people can drive on the motorway.
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  14 signatures

• Discontinue CPC training for HGV drivers.
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  74 signatures

• Introduce driving tests for full licence holders every 10 years.
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  17 signatures

• Require cyclists to be registered and have third-party insurance
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  635 signatures

• Introduce 90 mph speed limit on motorways and run public awareness campaign.
  Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
  120 signatures

• Validate Brazilian Drivers Licence and exchange to British equivalent in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
  9,041 signatures

• Reduce fixed penalty for speeding in a 20mph zone to 1 penalty point
  Open from Tuesday 2nd August 2022 to Thursday 16th February 2023
  1,311 signatures

• Prohibit cyclists using the road where a cycle lane is available
  Open from Thursday 28th July 2022 to Saturday 11th February 2023
  36 signatures

• Make helmets a legal requirement for all self-propelled vehicles
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  348 signatures

• Ban public transport workers from going on strike
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  36 signatures

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