Archived government news
January 2025
Statement to Parliament: Phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars… Monday, 06 January 2025
Open consultation: Extension of Ukraine driving licence exchange Monday, 06 January 2025
Correspondence: Secretary of State for Transport's expectations for how ope… Monday, 06 January 2025
FOI release: DfT: FOI and EIR disclosure log 2024 Friday, 03 January 2025
Guidance: TransPennine Express Railways 2023 OLR rail services contract Thursday, 02 January 2025
Transparency data: DfT: prompt payment data 2024 to 2025 Thursday, 02 January 2025
Press release: Bus passengers to save hundreds as government prevents cliff… Wednesday, 01 January 2025
Press release: Greener flights ahead for UK aviation Wednesday, 01 January 2025
Guidance: £3 national bus fare cap Wednesday, 01 January 2025
December 2024
Notice: Remote delivery of dangerous goods driver training extension: autho… Tuesday, 31 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Increasing the weight limit for fuel tankers Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Street works access: electric vehicle chargepoint ope… Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Guidance: How to reinstate a road after doing street works Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Open consultation: Phasing out sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 203… Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Open consultation: Zero emission vans: regulatory flexibility Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Guidance: Cross-pavement solutions for charging electric vehicles Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Guidance: Temporary relaxation of the enforcement of the assimilated (EU re… Monday, 23 December 2024
Transparency data: Community rail partnerships and accreditation status Monday, 23 December 2024
Notice: Marking of non-UN cylinders: temporary exemption Monday, 23 December 2024
Decision: Leeds to Micklefield scheme: Transport and Works Act order Friday, 20 December 2024
Transparency data: Highways maintenance funding allocations Friday, 20 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Street works: fines and lane rental surplus funds Friday, 20 December 2024
Press release: Seven million more potholes to be filled next year as public… Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: About the SAF Mandate Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: RTFO and SAF Mandate recognised verifiers Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: Use of voluntary schemes as evidence of RTFO and SAF Mandate comp… Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: RTFO and SAF Mandate third party assurance Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: SAF Mandate compliance Thursday, 19 December 2024
Research: Transport and transport technology: public attitudes tracker Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: Transport energy and environment statistics information Thursday, 19 December 2024
Statistical data set: Road safety statistics: data tables Thursday, 19 December 2024
Statistical data set: Transport energy and environment: data tables (ENV) Thursday, 19 December 2024
Statistical data set: Vehicles (TSGB09) Thursday, 19 December 2024
Statement to Parliament: Car practical driving test waiting times Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: Northern Railway 2022 OLR rail services contract Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Research: National longer heavier vehicle trial Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Transparency data: Bus service improvement plans: local transport authority… Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Accredited official statistics: Annual bus statistics: year ending March 20… Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Statistical data set: Bus statistics data tables Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Accredited official statistics: Quarterly bus fares statistics: July to Sep… Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Statement to Parliament: HS2 6-monthly report to Parliament: December 2024 Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Press release: Better buses on the way as government introduces new legisla… Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Guidance: Setting up a bus franchising scheme Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Proposed changes to bus franchising guidance Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Press release: HS2 Ltd Chair to step down Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Transparency data: DfT payments to passenger rail operators under emergency… Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Corporate report: DfT: gender pay gap report and data 2024 Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Statement to Parliament: London Luton Airport: development consent decision… Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Research: Understanding seafarer fatigue in ferry operations Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Night flight restrictions: Heathrow, Gatwick and Stan… Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Guidance: Road condition statistics information Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Guidance: Road condition statistics: pre-release access Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Guidance: Road condition statistics: Technical note Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Statistical data set: Road condition statistics: data tables (RDC) Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Official Statistics: Road conditions in England to March 2024 Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Press release: UK sets out next steps to help decarbonise aviation sector Monday, 16 December 2024
Open consultation: Implementing the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme … Monday, 16 December 2024
Transparency data: Port facility security officer training: list of approve… Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Explosive detection systems (EDS) for aviation security Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Liquid explosive detection systems (LEDS) for aviation security Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Security scanners (SSc) for aviation security Friday, 13 December 2024
Driving disqualifications Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Transport energy and environment statistics information Thursday, 12 December 2024
Guidance: Transport energy and environment statistics: pre-release access Thursday, 12 December 2024
Statistical data set: Driving test statistics (DRT) Thursday, 12 December 2024
Statistical data set: Driving instructor statistics (INS) Thursday, 12 December 2024
Statistical data set: Transport energy and environment: data tables (ENV) Thursday, 12 December 2024
Run a local bus service Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Official Statistics: Daily domestic transport use by mode Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Statistical data set: Sea passenger statistics: data tables (SPAS) Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Official Statistics: Developing faster indicators of transport activity Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Statistical data set: Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: data… Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Accredited official statistics: Sea passenger statistics, all routes: 2023 … Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Guidance: Road freight statistics: pre-release access Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Recognition of EU declarations of conformity for the placing on t… Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Statistical data set: HGV drivers vacancies (RFS03) Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Accredited official statistics: Road freight statistics: July 2023 to June … Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Statistical data set: Domestic road freight activity (RFS01) Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Call for evidence outcome: Registering historic, classic, rebuilt vehicles … Monday, 09 December 2024
Renew or change a lorry or bus licence Friday, 06 December 2024
Guidance: Stopping up orders Friday, 06 December 2024
Press release: Nearly £1 million investment for British coastal towns to gr… Friday, 06 December 2024
Statutory guidance: Republic of Belarus sanctions: guidance Thursday, 05 December 2024
Statistical data set: Average speed, delay and reliability of travel times … Thursday, 05 December 2024
Guidance: Road congestion and travel time statistics information Thursday, 05 December 2024
Statistical data set: Quarterly traffic estimates (TRA25) Thursday, 05 December 2024
Guidance: Road traffic, travel time measures and vehicle speed compliance s… Thursday, 05 December 2024
Guidance: Security scanners (SSc) for aviation security Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Statement to Parliament: Public ownership: railway passenger services Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Press release: First train services to return to public ownership revealed Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Press release: First train services to return to public ownership revealed Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Press release: Transport Minister visits Brighton to see UK’s most accessib… Tuesday, 03 December 2024
Open consultation: RVAR 2010 exemption: Chiltern Railways passenger informa… Tuesday, 03 December 2024
Guidance: TAG: appraisal tables for presenting a business case Tuesday, 03 December 2024
Form: Apply to close or divert a highway Tuesday, 03 December 2024
November 2024
Transparency data: DfT: business appointment rules advice, 2024 Thursday, 28 November 2024
Transparency data: DfT: senior officials’ business expenses and meetings, A… Thursday, 28 November 2024
Statement to Parliament: Integrated National Transport Strategy for England Thursday, 28 November 2024
Speech: Integrated National Transport Strategy Thursday, 28 November 2024
Press release: Transport Secretary unveils her vision for integrated transp… Thursday, 28 November 2024
Open call for evidence: Integrated National Transport Strategy: a call for … Thursday, 28 November 2024
Guidance: TAG unit A2-4 productivity impacts Thursday, 28 November 2024
Guidance: DfT value for money framework Thursday, 28 November 2024
Guidance: TAG unit A2-2 induced investment Thursday, 28 November 2024
Guidance: TAG unit A2-3 employment effects Thursday, 28 November 2024
Guidance: TAG unit A2-1 wider economic impacts Thursday, 28 November 2024
Guidance: Bus and concessionary travel statistics information Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Statistical data set: Bus statistics data tables Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Accredited official statistics: Annual bus statistics: year ending March 20… Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Consultation outcome: Draft policy proposals for exempting defence-related … Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Official Statistics: Concessionary travel statistics: year ending March 202… Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Press release: Revamped taskforce set to deliver a sustainable vision for a… Monday, 25 November 2024
Open call for evidence: RTFO statutory review and future of the scheme Monday, 25 November 2024
Press release: Revamped taskforce set to deliver a sustainable vision for a… Monday, 25 November 2024
Notice: Train company prosecutions Friday, 22 November 2024
Form: Apply to close or divert a highway Friday, 22 November 2024
Guidance: Renewable fuel statistics: pre-release access Thursday, 21 November 2024
Statistical data set: Renewable fuel statistics: data tables Thursday, 21 November 2024
Official Statistics: Renewable fuel statistics 2023: Final report? Thursday, 21 November 2024
Official Statistics: Renewable fuel statistics 2024: Second provisional rel… Thursday, 21 November 2024
Consultation outcome: Motorcycles in bus lanes Thursday, 21 November 2024
Guidance: Calculate your concessionary bus travel reimbursement Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Guidance: How to reimburse bus operators for concessionary travel Wednesday, 20 November 2024
THINK! partners with Heineken to promote drink driving awareness campaign a… Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Official Statistics: Electric vehicle charging device grant scheme statisti… Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Guidance: Electric vehicle charging device statistics information Wednesday, 20 November 2024
THINK! partners with Heineken to promote drink driving awareness campaign a… Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Guidance: School Streets: how to set up and manage a scheme Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Corporate report: DfT privacy notices: trials, research, online forms, webi… Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Press release: Government guidelines to make school runs happier, healthier… Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Transparency data: Bus service improvement plans: local transport authority… Monday, 18 November 2024
Press release: £1 billion government funding boost for bus services across … Sunday, 17 November 2024
Press release: £1 billion government funding boost for bus services across … Sunday, 17 November 2024
Guidance: CCTV and recording devices for traffic offences: list of certific… Friday, 15 November 2024
Statement to Parliament: CAA publication of independent report into NATS te… Thursday, 14 November 2024
Statement to Parliament: Next steps for East West Rail Thursday, 14 November 2024
Statutory guidance: East West Rail safeguarding directions Thursday, 14 November 2024
Research: Socio-economic impacts of quantum technologies in transport Thursday, 14 November 2024
Quad bikes: the rules Thursday, 14 November 2024
Open consultation: East West Rail consultation 2024 Thursday, 14 November 2024
Press release: East West Rail to boost Oxford-Cambridge region by billions Thursday, 14 November 2024
Press release: East West Rail to boost Oxford-Cambridge region by billions Thursday, 14 November 2024
Decision: Kettering to Wigston South Junction land rights: Transport and Wo… Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Decision: Cambourne to Cambridge: Transport and Works Act order Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Statistical data set: Sea passenger statistics: data tables (SPAS) Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Official Statistics: Daily domestic transport use by mode Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Official Statistics: Developing faster indicators of transport activity Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Accredited official statistics: UK international sea passengers: September … Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Press release: Transport Secretary launches review of train company revenue… Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Statement to Parliament: Our progress in overhauling the railways Monday, 11 November 2024
Press release: Significant government investment set to transform transport… Thursday, 07 November 2024
Press release: Better truckstops thanks to £43 million boost as minister vi… Thursday, 07 November 2024
Research: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) review Thursday, 07 November 2024
Press release: Baroness Grey-Thompson to lead new expert group to 'break do… Thursday, 07 November 2024
Press release: DVLA review published to strengthen agency for the future Thursday, 07 November 2024
Press release: £1.2 million to boost rural transport in the UK Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Low-emission vehicles eligible for a plug-in grant Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Guidance: Security scanners (SSc) for aviation security Monday, 04 November 2024
Consultation outcome: Allowing emergency services drivers to use hand-held … Monday, 04 November 2024
Open consultation: Incorporating international rules into GB type approval … Monday, 04 November 2024
October 2024
Research: Economic impacts of transport investment Thursday, 31 October 2024
Research: Impacts of COVID-19 on transport modelling and appraisal Thursday, 31 October 2024
Research: Impacts of transport investment on local growth Thursday, 31 October 2024
Research: Transport appraisal and wellbeing Thursday, 31 October 2024
Research: Freight analysis and modelling environment Thursday, 31 October 2024
Policy paper: Transport for London settlement agreements Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Statistical data set: Taxis, private hire vehicles and their drivers (TAXI) Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Accredited official statistics: Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, E… Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Statement to Parliament: National bus fare cap Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Press release: Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as … Monday, 28 October 2024
Press release: Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as … Monday, 28 October 2024
Decision: Rail interoperability: exemptions and decisions Thursday, 24 October 2024
Transparency data: Train operating companies: Passenger’s Charter compensat… Thursday, 24 October 2024
Guidance: Expert adviser on developing sustainable pathways for Ukraine’s s… Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Guidance: Aviation statistics information Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Guidance: Aviation statistics: pre-release access Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Official Statistics: Air passenger experience of security screening: 2023 Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Press release: Cutting-edge transport projects receive £1.4 million to enco… Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Transparency data: Transport Research Innovation Grant (TRIG): funding winn… Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Statement to Parliament: Proposing to create a UK Airspace Design Service Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Policy paper: Airspace modernisation Monday, 21 October 2024
Statement to Parliament: Proposing to create a UK Airspace Design Service Monday, 21 October 2024
Press release: Richard Judge appointed new Chair of the VCA Monday, 21 October 2024
Guidance: The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 guidance Monday, 21 October 2024
Guidance: Employment Rights Bill: impact assessments Sunday, 20 October 2024
Press release: Transport Secretary announces urgent action to get a grip on… Sunday, 20 October 2024
Guidance: Threat image projection (TIP) library software Friday, 18 October 2024
Form: Apply for Inclusive Transport Leaders Scheme accreditation Friday, 18 October 2024
Speech: Future of Great British Railways Thursday, 17 October 2024
Press release: Transport Minister celebrates community transport in West Lo… Thursday, 17 October 2024
Press release: Passengers to enjoy cleaner travel between UK and Europe ? Thursday, 17 October 2024
Guidance: International Green Corridor Fund Thursday, 17 October 2024
Transparency data: Smart Shipping Acceleration Fund Thursday, 17 October 2024
Guidance: TAG: economic impacts worksheets Thursday, 17 October 2024
Impact assessment: Exemption for rail replacement coach services from the a… Thursday, 17 October 2024
Guidance: TAG unit A2-4 productivity impacts Thursday, 17 October 2024
Statement to Parliament: Motor insurance Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Press release: Ministers bring together industry experts and consumer champ… Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Press release: Ministers bring together industry experts and consumer champ… Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Press release: £1.1 billion investment to expand Stansted Airport welcomed … Monday, 14 October 2024
Guidance: Dangerous goods security awareness training Monday, 14 October 2024
Press release: £1.1 billion investment to expand Stansted Airport welcomed … Sunday, 13 October 2024
Guidance: Expert adviser on developing sustainable pathways for Ukraine’s w… Friday, 11 October 2024
Guidance: Expert adviser on developing sustainable pathways for Ukraine’s s… Friday, 11 October 2024
Consultation outcome: The Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 part 2 – draft regulati… Thursday, 10 October 2024
Consultation outcome: The Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 part 1 - draft regulati… Thursday, 10 October 2024
Guidance: Complying with seafarer wage requirements Thursday, 10 October 2024
Statutory guidance: Republic of Belarus sanctions: guidance Thursday, 10 October 2024
Guidance: Road freight statistics: pre-release access Thursday, 10 October 2024
Statistical data set: HGV drivers vacancies (RFS03) Thursday, 10 October 2024
Guidance: Electric vehicle charging device statistics information Thursday, 10 October 2024
Statistical data set: Domestic road freight activity (RFS01) Thursday, 10 October 2024
Press release: More than £14 million in joint government and industry fundi… Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Guidance: HGV parking and driver welfare grant scheme Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Transparency data: Freight Innovation Fund: winning projects Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Press release: Government steps in to prevent another P&O Ferries scandal i… Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Statistical data set: Sea passenger statistics: data tables (SPAS) Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Accredited official statistics: UK international sea passengers: August 202… Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Guidance: Developing faster indicators of transport activity information Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Official Statistics: Developing faster indicators of transport activity Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Official Statistics: Daily domestic transport use by mode Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Guidance: Rail interoperability: current national technical rules Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Press release: Women in the bus industry celebrated as Transport Minister v… Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Press release: Half a billion-pound investment in electric buses to spark a… Monday, 07 October 2024
Press release: Women in the bus industry celebrated as Transport Minister v… Monday, 07 October 2024
Press release: Half a billion-pound investment in electric buses secured ah… Monday, 07 October 2024
Statement to Parliament: Lower Thames Crossing: development consent decisio… Sunday, 06 October 2024
Guidance: Emergency exemption and temporary relaxation of drivers' hours an… Friday, 04 October 2024
Transparency data: DfT: spend control data for April to June 2024 Thursday, 03 October 2024
Transparency data: DfT: spend control data for January to March 2024 Thursday, 03 October 2024
Statistical data set: Quarterly traffic estimates (TRA25) Thursday, 03 October 2024
Accredited official statistics: Travel time measures for the Strategic Road… Thursday, 03 October 2024
Accredited official statistics: Travel time measures for the Strategic Road… Thursday, 03 October 2024
Accredited official statistics: Provisional road traffic estimates, Great B… Thursday, 03 October 2024
Official Statistics: Cycling traffic index, England Thursday, 03 October 2024
Press release: Transport Secretary opens £200 million rail manufacturing fa… Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Transparency data: DfT: spending over £25,000, February 2024 Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Transparency data: DfT: spending over £25,000, January 2024 Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Decision: Leeds to Micklefield scheme: Transport and Works Act order Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Press release: New regulations come into force to improve accessibility on … Tuesday, 01 October 2024
September 2024
Press release: Transport Secretary pledges to fix pothole plague as she see… Thursday, 26 September 2024
FOI release: DfT: FOI and EIR disclosure log 2024 Thursday, 26 September 2024
Guidance: Road safety statistics data tools Thursday, 26 September 2024
Open consultation: Ravensthorpe railway station closure Thursday, 26 September 2024
Guidance: STATS19 forms and guidance Thursday, 26 September 2024
Transparency data: DfT statement of compliance with the Concordat to Suppor… Thursday, 26 September 2024
Statistical data set: Reported drinking and driving: data tables Thursday, 26 September 2024
Guidance: Road safety statistics: STATS19 review update and future developm… Thursday, 26 September 2024
Research: Future skills needs across the transport sector Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Statistical data set: Vehicle licensing statistics data files Tuesday, 24 September 2024