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Department for Transport
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- For the Irish government department, see Department of Transport (Ireland)
- For the US government department, see United States Department of Transportation
In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport (or DfT) (Welsh: Adran am Drafnidiaeth) is the government department responsible for the English transport network and transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which are not devolved. The department is run by the Secretary of State for Transport, currently Douglas Alexander.
Government control of transport and diverse associated matters has been reorganised a number of times in modern history, particularly under the current government, being the responsibility of:
The name "Ministry of Transport" lives on in the annual
MOT test, which most vehicles used on public roads in the UK are required to pass once they are 3 years old.
Contents
- 1 Current DfT ministers
- 2 Permanent Secretary
- 3 Executive agencies
- 4 Non-departmental public bodies
- 5 External links
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Current DfT ministers
From May 5 2006:
Permanent Secretary
The DfT Permanent Secretary is Sir David Rowlands, who succeeded Rachel Lomax in 2003, when she became Deputy Governor of the Bank Of England. Rowlands retires from the civil service on 31 May 2007.
Executive agencies
Non-departmental public bodies
The DfT sponsors the following public bodies:
