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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• End ‘ghost' flights: reform historic rights to landing slots.
  Open from Friday 14th January 2022 to Thursday 14th July 2022
  16,967 signatures

• Make road tax a flat rate of £200 per annum for all non-commercial vehicles
  Open from Thursday 13th January 2022 to Wednesday 13th July 2022
  22 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement to rear-face until minimum aged 4
  Open from Thursday 6th January 2022 to Wednesday 6th July 2022
  738 signatures

• Withdraw Government guidance giving police discretion for road traffic offences
  Open from Wednesday 5th January 2022 to Tuesday 5th July 2022
  17 signatures

• Lower the minimum driving age to 16 for children of disabled adults
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  16 signatures

• Allow cars converted to electric propulsion to be reclassified as zero emissions
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  1,534 signatures

• Have a requirement that all learner drivers spend time as a vulnerable road user
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  24 signatures

• Legalise e-scooters on public roads with licence, insurance and roadworthiness
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  114 signatures

• Prohibit road signs displaying information that is not about roads
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  17 signatures

• Scrap proposed ban of New Petrol and Diesel vehicles.
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  53 signatures

• Mandatory lifetime driving ban for driving while unfit due to drugs or alcohol
  Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
  27 signatures

• Require cyclists have lights, license plate and insurance to use the roads
  Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
  5,188 signatures

• Allow Bioptics while driving in the UK for drivers with visual impairments
  Open from Thursday 23rd December 2021 to Thursday 23rd June 2022
  43 signatures

• Amend Consumer Protection Law to Clarify Airline Passengers' Rights
  Open from Thursday 23rd December 2021 to Thursday 23rd June 2022
  57 signatures

• Take action to tackle DVLA medical review backlog
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  115 signatures

• Review the way DVLA is handling licence renewals
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  1,947 signatures

• Provide funding for active travel and road safety improvements near schools
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  43 signatures

• Stop the introduction of driverless vehicles
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  22 signatures

• Require people to have Bikeability level 2 to take a driving test
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  844 signatures

• Extended Theory Test expiry dates by 6 months
  Open from Wednesday 15th December 2021 to Wednesday 15th June 2022
  44 signatures

• Increase the speed HGVs over 3.5 tonnes are limited to from 56 to 60mph
  Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
  28 signatures

• Parking permits/badges for parent and child parking spaces
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  23 signatures

• Remove all African countries from the red list immediately
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  32 signatures

• Let airlines allow pets in the airplane’s cabin to and from the UK
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  811 signatures

• Offer further financial support for Travel Agents and Travel Industry as a whole
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  1,583 signatures

• Require all e-scooters to have a registered reference number/licence plate
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  127 signatures

• Require a negative PCR test before travellers can return to the UK
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  16 signatures

• Reform highways maintenance funding to reflect traffic volume
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  5,802 signatures

• Remove South Africa from the travel red list by Christmas
  Open from Thursday 2nd December 2021 to Thursday 2nd June 2022
  89 signatures

• Close all UK border to prevent COVID-19 spread
  Open from Thursday 2nd December 2021 to Thursday 2nd June 2022
  22 signatures

• Re-open the railway line to Louth Lincolnshire
  Open from Thursday 2nd December 2021 to Thursday 2nd June 2022
  615 signatures

• Drop the "urban bus" exemption from laws requiring seatbelts on buses
  Open from Tuesday 30th November 2021 to Monday 30th May 2022
  172 signatures

• Install additional safety measures on the Orwell Bridge in Suffolk
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  2,296 signatures

• Require wildlife crossings to be added to all roads
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  407 signatures

• Fund expansion of A21 to dual carriageway
  Open from Friday 26th November 2021 to Thursday 26th May 2022
  52 signatures

• Commit to building the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  381 signatures

• Extend concessionary bus passes for the elderly and disabled to all hours
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  73 signatures

• Re-nationalise the railways and provide better services to passengers
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  73 signatures

• Increase mobility scooter maximum speed limit on roads to 15mph
  Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
  72 signatures

• Do not implement proposed new offences for vehicle "tampering"
  Open from Wednesday 17th November 2021 to Tuesday 17th May 2022
  115,285 signatures

• Subsidise the conversion of Euro 5 diesel engines to Euro 6.
  Open from Tuesday 16th November 2021 to Monday 16th May 2022
  51 signatures

• Revoke local government powers to charge CAZ, LEZ, and ULEZ.
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  55,520 signatures

• Install higher barriers or fencing along the Dartford Bridge
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  138 signatures

• Require the Union Flag on all new UK number plates.
  Open from Friday 12th November 2021 to Thursday 12th May 2022
  4,249 signatures

• Make public transport free like it is in Luxembourg
  Open from Friday 12th November 2021 to Thursday 12th May 2022
  94 signatures

• Increase the minimum sentence for stealing a motor vehicle to five years
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  1,219 signatures

• Make under 18s eligible for two Blue Badges so both parents can have one

• Make under 18s eligible for two Blue Badges so both parents can have one
  Open from Monday 8th November 2021 to Sunday 8th May 2022
  52 signatures

• Ban the use of private jets to help climate change
  Open from Thursday 4th November 2021 to Wednesday 4th May 2022
  174 signatures

• Allow e-scooters to be used in the same places as bicycles
  Open from Wednesday 3rd November 2021 to Tuesday 3rd May 2022
  178 signatures

• Allow people with a medical condition to reapply for a driving licence online
  Open from Monday 1st November 2021 to Sunday 1st May 2022
  887 signatures

• Exchange of driving licences issued in Republic of Moldova
  Open from Monday 1st November 2021 to Sunday 1st May 2022
  781 signatures

• Reduce driving suspensions for HGV drivers who suffer from a provoked seizure
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  14 signatures

• Allow people who’ve had covid-19 to travel under same restrictions as vaccinated
  Open from Wednesday 27th October 2021 to Wednesday 27th April 2022
  67 signatures

• Increase national speed limit on the motorway to 100mph.
  Open from Friday 22nd October 2021 to Friday 22nd April 2022
  70 signatures

• Create new requirements for public transport for SEN school students
  Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
  203 signatures

• Accept proof of vaccination against Covid from Mexico for international travel
  Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
  1,675 signatures

• Create a regulator for the EV charging network
  Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
  1,830 signatures

• Allow EU and non-EU HGV drivers to exchange their licenses for UK ones for free
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  13 signatures

• Require and fund improved visibility of road markings to make driving safer
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  26 signatures

• Driving licence holders aged 60 and over should resit test every 5 years
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  18 signatures

• Remove all titles on UK driving licences
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  19 signatures

• Do not require ISA speed limiters on new UK cars
  Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
  587 signatures

• Stricter penalties for running red traffic lights near schools
  Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
  13 signatures

• Do not count driving under 10mph as HGV drivers' hours
  Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
  32 signatures

• Reduce the legal driving age to 16
  Open from Tuesday 12th October 2021 to Tuesday 12th April 2022
  28 signatures

• Exempt returning ex-HGV drivers from CPC requirement and provide grants
  Open from Monday 11th October 2021 to Monday 11th April 2022
  14 signatures

• Fund and require guards on all passenger trains
  Open from Monday 11th October 2021 to Monday 11th April 2022
  45 signatures

• Ban the sales of electric cars by 2023
  Open from Monday 11th October 2021 to Monday 11th April 2022
  47 signatures

• Scrap HGV theory test for PCV driver who already hold a full PCV licence.
  Open from Friday 8th October 2021 to Friday 8th April 2022
  17 signatures

• Make CCTV mandatory in all taxis and minicabs to deter sexual assaults
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  466 signatures

• Give drivers who passed the B+E car and trailer test a C1 category HGV licence
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  57 signatures

• Continue to run through trains from Bristol to Waterloo via Trowbridge
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  6,572 signatures

• Fund and require all railway crossings to have CCTV cameras
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  19 signatures

• Allow Indian nationals to exchange their Indian driving licence for a UK licence
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  4,273 signatures

• Seek talks with India to remove travel curbs on both sides
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  723 signatures

• Extend rules for UK travel for vaccinated travellers to unvaccinated travellers
  Open from Tuesday 5th October 2021 to Tuesday 5th April 2022
  10,547 signatures

• Reduce the fees for longer term Standard Visitor visas
  Open from Tuesday 5th October 2021 to Tuesday 5th April 2022
  154 signatures

• Require greenery to be added to highways with unused space to combat pollution
  Open from Monday 4th October 2021 to Monday 4th April 2022
  43 signatures

• DVLA driving theory test should be available in other languages.
  Open from Thursday 30th September 2021 to Wednesday 30th March 2022
  25 signatures

• HGV driver road offences to be dealt with by fines & courses not penalty points
  Open from Thursday 30th September 2021 to Wednesday 30th March 2022
  15 signatures

• Recognize and exchange the Moroccan driving license in UK
  Open from Wednesday 29th September 2021 to Tuesday 29th March 2022
  614 signatures

• UK Government should recognise The Bahamas Government Covid vaccination program.
  Open from Wednesday 29th September 2021 to Tuesday 29th March 2022
  74 signatures

• Remove Ecuador from the red list
  Open from Wednesday 29th September 2021 to Tuesday 29th March 2022
  787 signatures

• Allow category D license holders to drive motorhomes over 7,500kg
  Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
  35 signatures

• Remove the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the red list for travel
  Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
  2,492 signatures

• Add India to the list of UK approved vaccination programmes for travel
  Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
  795 signatures

• Increase min wage for HGV drivers to £15/£17.50ph plus further £1ph for ADR
  Open from Friday 24th September 2021 to Thursday 24th March 2022
  355 signatures

• Remove Trinidad and Tobago from the red list.
  Open from Friday 24th September 2021 to Thursday 24th March 2022
  34 signatures

• Remove Tunisia from the red list
  Open from Friday 24th September 2021 to Thursday 24th March 2022
  153 signatures

• Remove Argentina from the red list
  Open from Friday 24th September 2021 to Thursday 24th March 2022
  668 signatures

• Change the bicycle graphic on roadsigns etc. to a step-through bike.
  Open from Friday 24th September 2021 to Thursday 24th March 2022
  30 signatures

• Remove Colombia from the red travel list immediately
  Open from Friday 24th September 2021 to Thursday 24th March 2022
  10,750 signatures

• Remove Nepal from the Red List Countries.
  Open from Thursday 23rd September 2021 to Wednesday 23rd March 2022
  9,275 signatures

• Remove Peru from the Red list and mandatory hotel quarantine
  Open from Thursday 23rd September 2021 to Wednesday 23rd March 2022
  1,928 signatures

• Amend the Bus Services Act 2017 to allow public ownership of bus companies
  Open from Thursday 23rd September 2021 to Wednesday 23rd March 2022
  500 signatures

• Reduce the national speed limit to 60 MPH on motorways and dual carriageways
  Open from Thursday 23rd September 2021 to Wednesday 23rd March 2022
  174 signatures

• Recognise Hong Kong vaccination programme using Phizer BioNtech for travel
  Open from Thursday 23rd September 2021 to Wednesday 23rd March 2022
  38 signatures

• Remove Paraguay from Red list
  Open from Thursday 23rd September 2021 to Wednesday 23rd March 2022
  16 signatures

• Let 14 Year Olds Drive Motorized Quadbikes Under 500kg.
  Open from Wednesday 22nd September 2021 to Tuesday 22nd March 2022
  11 signatures

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