Secretary of State for Transport

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United Kingdom cabinet position government ministerial office

The Secretary of State for Transport is the UK government cabinet minister responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure, and regulation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Secretary of State for Transport canonical 15
Secretary of State for Transport of the United Kingdom 4
Transport Secretary 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom cabinet position ⓘ
government ministerial office ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
hasAuthorityOver aviation policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
civil aviation regulation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
maritime transport policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
national transport strategy ⓘ
public transport policy in England ⓘ
rail transport policy in Great Britain ⓘ
shipping regulation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
strategic road network in England ⓘ
transport decarbonisation strategy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
transport safety policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
United Kingdom-wide reserved transport matters ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
memberOf British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: UK Cabinet
officeHoldersAreUsually Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
officeHoldersMayBe Members of the House of Lords ⓘ
oversees Civil Aviation Authority (through sponsorship) ⓘ
Department for Transport ⓘ
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency ⓘ
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ⓘ
Highways England ⓘ
Maritime and Coastguard Agency ⓘ
Network Rail ⓘ
surface form: Network Rail (through sponsorship)

Office of Rail and Road ⓘ
surface form: Office of Rail and Road (through sponsorship)
partOf the Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
reportsTo British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom

Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
responsibleFor aviation security policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
franchising of passenger rail services in Great Britain (subject to reforms) ⓘ
international transport agreements involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislation relating to transport in the United Kingdom ⓘ
major transport infrastructure projects ⓘ
maritime safety and search and rescue policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
national transport policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
road traffic law and regulation in Great Britain ⓘ
strategic planning of transport networks ⓘ
transport aspects of environmental and climate policy ⓘ
transport infrastructure in the United Kingdom ⓘ
transport regulation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
vehicle registration and driver licensing in Great Britain ⓘ
seat City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
style The Right Honourable ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Department for Transport → hasMinisterialHead → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
British Transport Police Authority (through sponsorship) → accountableTo → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
subject surface form: British Transport Police Authority
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero → worksWith → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Merchant Shipping Act → enforcedBy → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Dartford Tunnel → owner → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Alistair Darling → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
John MacGregor → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Transport of the United Kingdom
Strategic Rail Authority → controlledBy → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
the Cabinet → hasPart → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
subject surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Transport Secretary
Secretary of State → hasType → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
British Civil Service ministerial hierarchy → includesOffice → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transport Secretary
Grant Shapps → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Grant Shapps → succeededInPosition → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mark Harper as Secretary of State for Transport
Chris Grayling → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Transport of the United Kingdom
Philip Hammond → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Transport of the United Kingdom
UK government minister → mayHoldRank → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transport Secretary
Welsh trunk road network → previouslyAdministeredBy → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Bill Rodgers → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Transport of the United Kingdom
British Secretaries of State → officeHolderOf → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions → issuedBy → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport → worksWith → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport → isSubordinateOfficeOf → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Channel Tunnel Act 1987 → grantsPowerTo → Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ