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The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved .
The super-department Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions was created in 1997 for Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. In 2001, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions was widely considered unwieldy and so was broken up, [ 9 ] with the Transport functions now combined with Local Government and the ...
Department for Transport: The Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP Secretar y of State for Transport: Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB Permanent Secretary [14] [15] Department for Work and Pensions: The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Sir Peter Schofield KCB Permanent Secretary [16] [17] Department of Health and Social Care: The ...
Pre-2012 logo of DVLA. The vehicle register held by DVLA is used in many ways. For example, by the DVLA itself to identify untaxed vehicles, and by outside agencies to identify keepers of cars entering central London who have not paid the congestion charge, or who exceed speed limits on a road that has speed cameras by matching the cars to their keepers utilising the DVLA database.
Transport by canal and navigable river, once important, is minimal. Shipping provides the primary means of transport for import and export of goods. The Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the transport network in England.
A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the minister for transport . The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government agencies administering transport in nations who do not employ ministers.
The Minister of State for Rail is a mid-level ministerial position in the Department for Transport of the Government of the United Kingdom. The minister is deputy to the Secretary of State for Transport .
The MAIB is an independent branch of the United Kingdom Department for Transport which can investigate any accident occurring in UK waters, regardless of the nationality of the vessel(s) involved, and accidents involving UK registered ships worldwide. [2] [3]