Department for Transport

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This article is about the UK Department for Transport. For equivalent ministries in other countries, see Ministry of Transport.
Not to be confused with United States Department of Transportation.
Department for Transport
Welsh: Adran am Drafnidiaeth
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Department overview
Formed2002
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersGreat Minster House, Horseferry Road, London, UK
Annual budget£5.3 billion (current) & £7.7 billion (capital) in 2011–12[1]
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The Department for Transport (DfT) is the government department 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 department is run by the Secretary of State for Transport, currently (since 14 July 2016) Chris Grayling.

History

For List of Ministers, see Secretary of State for Transport.

Government control of transport and diverse associated matters has been reorganised a number of times in modern history, being the responsibility of:[2]

The name "Ministry of Transport" lives on in the annual MOT test, a test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness, and exhaust emissions, which most vehicles used on public roads in the UK are required to pass annually once they reach three years old (four years for vehicles in Northern Ireland).

The Flag of the old Ministry of Transport.