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:
- 2002– Department for Transport
- 2001–2002: Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
- 1997–2001: Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- 1981–1997: Department of Transport
- 1979–1981: Ministry of Transport
- 1976–1979: Department of Transport
- 1970–1976: Department for the Environment
- 1959–1970: Ministry of Transport
- 1953–1959: Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
- 1945–1953: Ministry of Transport
- 1941–1945: Ministry of War Transport - after absorption of Ministry of Shipping
- 1919–1941: Ministry of Transport
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 three years old (4 years in NI).
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