Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Organisations:
Department for Transport
Responsibilities
The Minister is responsible for:
- high speed rail (HS2)
- devolution including Northern Powerhouse
- motoring agencies
- local transport
- road and vehicle safety and standards
- buses and taxis
- traffic management
- sustainable accessible travel (including walking and cycling)
- smart ticketing
Previous holders of this role
-
Andrew Jones MP
2015 to 2017
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Driving test changes: 4 December 2017
- Government confirms £173.5 million funding to improve transport in Leeds
- Government publishes £1.2 billion plan to increase cycling and walking
- DVSA strategy, 2017 to 2022
- New minibuses to improve rural mobility
- Bidding opens for £490 million road funding
- Law change provides equal treatment for disabled taxi users
- DfT motoring agencies: business plans for 2017 to 2018
- Bus Services Bill: English votes for English laws
- £625,000 for England’s Economic Heartland to help shape its future transport priorities