Archived government news
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
Statistical data set: Vehicle licensing statistics data tables Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Accredited official statistics: Vehicle licensing statistics: April to June… Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Corporate report: Marine and Aviation Insurance War Risks Fund account: ann… Friday, 20 September 2024
Statistical data set: Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays (RAI0… Thursday, 19 September 2024
Guidance: Rail statistics: pre-release access Thursday, 19 September 2024
Accredited official statistics: Rail passenger numbers and crowding on week… Thursday, 19 September 2024
Guidance: Rail statistics information Thursday, 19 September 2024
Accredited official statistics: Rail passenger numbers and crowding on week… Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Guidance: Explosive trace detection (ETD) systems for aviation security Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Speech: Maritime is at the heart of our government's mission Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Speech: Maritime is at the heart of our government's mission Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Guidance: Transporting cylinders of compressed oxygen Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Guidance: Explosive trace detection (ETD) systems for aviation security Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Guidance: Explosive trace detection (ETD) systems: third party consumables Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Guidance: Light rail and tram statistics: pre-release access Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Decision: East Road alternative vehicle access: Transport and Works Act ord… Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Statistical data set: Light rail and tram statistics (LRT) Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Guidance: Light rail and tram statistics information Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Accredited official statistics: Light rail and tram statistics, England: ye… Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Guidance: Explosive detection systems (EDS) for aviation security Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: Explosive trace detection (ETD) systems: third party consumables Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: Threat image projection (TIP) library software Monday, 16 September 2024
Open consultation: Draft policy proposals for exempting defence-related act… Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: Run international bus or coach services and tours Sunday, 15 September 2024
Guidance: Transport sanctions: civil monetary penalties Friday, 13 September 2024
Guidance: Transport sanctions Friday, 13 September 2024
Notice: First inspection deferral for new dangerous goods vehicles entering… Thursday, 12 September 2024
Research: The effectiveness of retrofitting selective catalytic reduction t… Thursday, 12 September 2024
Statement to Parliament: Bus retrofit performance Thursday, 12 September 2024
Statement to Parliament: London Luton Airport: development consent decision… Thursday, 12 September 2024
Guidance: How to use the HGV levy service Thursday, 12 September 2024
Statistical data set: Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: data… Thursday, 12 September 2024
Statistical data set: Bus statistics data tables Thursday, 12 September 2024
Accredited official statistics: Port freight quarterly statistics: April to… Thursday, 12 September 2024
Accredited official statistics: Quarterly bus fares statistics: April to Ju… Thursday, 12 September 2024
Statistical data set: Sea passenger statistics: data tables (SPAS) Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Official Statistics: Developing faster indicators of transport activity Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Official Statistics: Daily domestic transport use by mode Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Accredited official statistics: UK international sea passengers: July 2024 Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Official Statistics: Electric vehicle charging device grant scheme statisti… Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Press release: UK and partners respond to Iran’s transfer of Ballistic Miss… Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Notice: Train company prosecutions Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Statement to Parliament: Hinckley National Freight Interchange: development… Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Press release: UK and partners respond to Iran’s transfer of ballistic miss… Monday, 09 September 2024
Press release: Transport Secretary sets the wheels in motion on "biggest ov… Sunday, 08 September 2024
Open consultation: Proposed changes to bus franchising guidance Sunday, 08 September 2024
Learn to drive a car: step by step Friday, 06 September 2024
Statement to Parliament: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill… Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Press release: Transport Secretary fires the starting gun on rail reform as… Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Statement to Parliament: Establishing a Shadow Great British Railways Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Form: Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service: nomination process and r… Monday, 02 September 2024
Press release: Hero sailors rewarded for championing mental health and savi… Monday, 02 September 2024
Press release: Transport Secretary fires the starting gun on rail reform as… Monday, 02 September 2024
Press release: Hero sailors rewarded for championing mental health and savi… Monday, 02 September 2024
August 2024
Guidance: Explosive detection systems for cabin baggage (EDSCB) Friday, 30 August 2024
Transparency data: DfT: prompt payment data 2024 to 2025 Thursday, 29 August 2024
Transparency data: DfT: special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings, … Thursday, 29 August 2024
Transparency data: DfT: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings… Thursday, 29 August 2024
Transparency data: DfT: workforce management information, July 2024 Thursday, 29 August 2024
Transparency data: DfT: senior officials’ business expenses and meetings, J… Thursday, 29 August 2024
Transparency data: DfT: spending over £500, March 2024 Thursday, 29 August 2024
Transparency data: DfT: spending over £500, April 2024 Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: National Travel Survey information for participants Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Statistical data set: Vehicle mileage and occupancy Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Statistical data set: Region and Rural-Urban Classification Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Guidance: Walking and cycling: Active travel geospatial report Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Statistical data set: Walking and cycling statistics (CW) Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Press release: Government pledges new support to prepare for EU border chec… Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Press release: Medical drone delivery trials revolutionising the skies in S… Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Press release: Medical drone delivery trials revolutionising the skies in S… Monday, 26 August 2024
Guidance: TransPennine Express Railways 2023 OLR rail services contract Thursday, 22 August 2024
Notice: Train company prosecutions Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Notice: Train company prosecutions Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Notice: Fireworks: seasonal exemption of certain ADR provisions for UN 0336 Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Notice: Train company prosecutions Thursday, 15 August 2024
Guidance: Government fleet commitment Thursday, 15 August 2024
Research: Revenue foregone: train operating companies Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Press release: Major breakthrough in rail dispute could signal end of natio… Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Official Statistics: Developing faster indicators of transport activity Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Official Statistics: Daily domestic transport use by mode Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Official Statistics: Renewable fuel statistics 2023: Fifth provisional rele… Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Official Statistics: Renewable fuel statistics 2024: First provisional rele… Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Guidance: Renewable fuel statistics: pre-release access Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Statistical data set: Renewable fuel statistics: data tables Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Official Statistics: Renewable fuel statistics 2023: Fifth provisional rele… Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Guidance: Maritime and shipping statistics: pre-release access Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Guidance: Maritime and shipping statistics information Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Statistical data set: Sea passenger statistics: data tables (SPAS) Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Accredited official statistics: UK international sea passengers: June 2024 Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Accredited official statistics: Sea passenger statistics, all routes: 2023 Monday, 12 August 2024