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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• 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

• Turn York's ring-roads (A1237 & A64) into a motorway
  Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
  9 signatures

• Scrap RIS2 (Road Investment Strategy 2)
  Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
  1,874 signatures

• Give everyone with a car driving licence entitlements to drive C1 and D1 vehicle
  Open from Friday 17th September 2021 to Thursday 17th March 2022
  118 signatures

• Abandon new rules for towing a trailer or caravan with a car from autumn 2021
  Open from Thursday 16th September 2021 to Wednesday 16th March 2022
  1,624 signatures

• Give Class 2 drivers a Class 1 licence without needing to take the test
  Open from Thursday 16th September 2021 to Wednesday 16th March 2022
  68 signatures

• The government to overturn the decision to replace E5 petrol with the E10 type.
  Open from Tuesday 14th September 2021 to Monday 14th March 2022
  4,019 signatures

• Abolish HS2 and fund the social care service instead.
  Open from Monday 13th September 2021 to Sunday 13th March 2022
  54 signatures

• Fund free public transport for all students to any state school
  Open from Monday 13th September 2021 to Sunday 13th March 2022
  40 signatures

• Remove Brazil from the Red to the Amber list
  Open from Monday 13th September 2021 to Sunday 13th March 2022
  18,824 signatures

• Extend full moped entitlement to car licences issued Feb 2001 to Jan 2013
  Open from Friday 10th September 2021 to Thursday 10th March 2022
  11 signatures

• Introduce an 'Luxury Polluter' tax on high CO2 output luxury cars.
  Open from Tuesday 7th September 2021 to Monday 7th March 2022
  91 signatures

• Extend theory test certificates or offer free retake
  Open from Tuesday 7th September 2021 to Monday 7th March 2022
  81 signatures

• Force all electric car chargers to accept credit cards
  Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
  40 signatures

• Scrap Smart Motorways & reinstate hard shoulders
  Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
  1,133 signatures

• Remove Dominican Republic from Red List countries
  Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
  2,141 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement for drivers to give priority to recovery vehicles
  Open from Friday 3rd September 2021 to Thursday 3rd March 2022
  64 signatures

• Introduce mandatory training/regulations for private users of jet skis
  Open from Wednesday 1st September 2021 to Tuesday 1st March 2022
  21 signatures

• Change current road tax to one, three, six or twelve months
  Open from Wednesday 1st September 2021 to Tuesday 1st March 2022
  16 signatures

• Require the DVLA to provide detailed reasons for decisions and accept appeals
  Open from Tuesday 31st August 2021 to Monday 28th February 2022
  108 signatures

• Give HE Traffic Officers powers to issue fines and use blue lights
  Open from Tuesday 31st August 2021 to Monday 28th February 2022
  17 signatures

• Ban alcohol on all public transport including boats, trains and buses.
  Open from Friday 27th August 2021 to Sunday 27th February 2022
  29 signatures

• Remove Italy from amber list
  Open from Thursday 26th August 2021 to Saturday 26th February 2022
  9 signatures

• Remove Angola from the red list
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  1,001 signatures

• Make all vehicle registration paperless to help reduce the backlog
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  67 signatures

• Allow Group 2 drivers (bus and lorry) to monitor blood sugar using live monitors
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  53 signatures

• DVLA: Medical licence renewals: Allow all applicants to be made online
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  101 signatures

• Require all road traffic signs prohibiting actions to have a diagonal line
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  25 signatures

• Make it a criminal offence to use an e-scooter in a public park
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  260 signatures

• Remove all international travel restrictions for double vaccinated UK residents
  Open from Thursday 19th August 2021 to Saturday 19th February 2022
  29 signatures

• Offer grants for accommodation owners to install EV charging facilities.
  Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
  76 signatures

• Make it law for all Taxi/Cab/Uber vehicles to have internal cameras fitted
  Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
  32 signatures

• Automatic upgrade to A2 licence after four years with CBT certificates
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  185 signatures

• Abolish HS2 to fund a greener future for Britain
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  342 signatures

• Provide compensation for all railcard holders
  Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
  143 signatures

• Allow vehicle owners to re-space their registration plate
  Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
  43 signatures

• Remove Afghanistan From Red List
  Open from Friday 13th August 2021 to Sunday 13th February 2022
  21 signatures

• Extend requirements for annual MOT tests to trailers including trailer caravans
  Open from Thursday 12th August 2021 to Saturday 12th February 2022
  28 signatures

• Remove Sri Lanka from the Travel Red List
  Open from Wednesday 11th August 2021 to Friday 11th February 2022
  654 signatures

• Stop the increase in quarantine fees for red list countries
  Open from Wednesday 11th August 2021 to Friday 11th February 2022
  76 signatures

• Require timed traffic restrictions be painted on the road
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  36 signatures

• Increase road tax when more than two vehicles are registered to the same address
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  35 signatures

• Increase the motorway speed limit from 70mph to 80mph
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  95 signatures

• Place large environmental taxes on the use of private jets
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  105 signatures

• Make student loans available for commercial pilot training
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  16 signatures

• Ban jet aircraft.
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  13 signatures

• Exempt people with relatives living abroad from travel restrictions

• Exempt people with relatives living abroad from travel restrictions
  Open from Wednesday 4th August 2021 to Friday 4th February 2022
  13 signatures

• To remove the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain & Qatar from the red list
  Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
  19 signatures

• Ban motorised scooters for under 16s and mandatory scooter registration/licences
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  27 signatures

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