Cabinet Secretary for Transport of Wales | |
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Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth ( Welsh) | |
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Welsh Government | |
Style | Welsh Cabinet Secretary |
Status | Cabinet Secretary |
Member of | |
Reports to | the Senedd and the First Minister of Wales |
Seat | Cardiff |
Nominator | First Minister of Wales |
Appointer | The Crown |
Term length |
Five years Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years |
First holder | Sue Essex AM |
Website |
gov |
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport ( Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth) is a minister of the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Ken Skates, since March 2024.
Name | Picture | Entered office | Left office | Other offices held | Political party | Government | Notes | |
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Secretary for Transport | ||||||||
Sue Essex |
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22 February 2000 | 16 October 2000 | Secretary for Environment
Secretary for Planning |
Labour | Michael administration | [1] | |
Minister for Transport | ||||||||
Sue Essex |
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2000 | 2003 | Minister for Environment
Minister for Planning |
Labour | First Morgan government | [2] | |
Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Transport | ||||||||
Brian Gibbons |
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13 May 2003 | 10 January 2005 | Labour | Second Morgan government | [3] | ||
Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey |
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14 January 2005 | 2007 | Labour | Second Morgan government | [3] | ||
Minister for Transport | ||||||||
Brian Gibbons |
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7 June 2007 | 2007 | Minister for the Economy | Labour | Third Morgan government | [4] | |
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure | ||||||||
Ken Skates |
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May 2016 | 2017 | Labour | Third Jones government | [5] | ||
Cabinet Secretary / Minister for Transport | ||||||||
Ken Skates |
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2017 | 2021 | Minister for the Economy | Labour | Third Jones government | [6] [7] | |
Deputy Minister for Climate Change | ||||||||
Lee Waters |
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13 May 2021 | 20 March 2024 | Labour | Second Drakeford government | [8] | ||
Cabinet Secretary for Transport | ||||||||
Ken Skates |
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21 March 2024 | Cabinet Secretary for North Wales | Labour | Gething government | [9] |
Following the 2021 Senedd election, First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford announced in the formation of the next Welsh government, that he would form a "super-ministry" centred on climate change, combining the portfolios of the environment, energy, housing, planning and transport. It would be headed by a Minister for Climate Change (announced to be Julie James MS), with a deputy minister assisting the government division. [10] [11]
The position partly oversees transport in Wales, with the position also referred to by derivatives of the old name such as "transport minister". [12] [13] [14]
Waters, the holder from 2021, [15] oversaw during his period in the position, the increased introduction of 20 mph zones in Wales, [16] conducting a roads review involving scaling back new road construction, [17] [18] and overseeing the impact of COVID-19 on public transport in Wales, such as buses. [19]
The responsibilities of the post are: [8]
Cabinet Secretary for Transport of Wales | |
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Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth ( Welsh) | |
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Welsh Government | |
Style | Welsh Cabinet Secretary |
Status | Cabinet Secretary |
Member of | |
Reports to | the Senedd and the First Minister of Wales |
Seat | Cardiff |
Nominator | First Minister of Wales |
Appointer | The Crown |
Term length |
Five years Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years |
First holder | Sue Essex AM |
Website |
gov |
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport ( Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth) is a minister of the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Ken Skates, since March 2024.
Name | Picture | Entered office | Left office | Other offices held | Political party | Government | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Secretary for Transport | ||||||||
Sue Essex |
![]() |
22 February 2000 | 16 October 2000 | Secretary for Environment
Secretary for Planning |
Labour | Michael administration | [1] | |
Minister for Transport | ||||||||
Sue Essex |
![]() |
2000 | 2003 | Minister for Environment
Minister for Planning |
Labour | First Morgan government | [2] | |
Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Transport | ||||||||
Brian Gibbons |
|
13 May 2003 | 10 January 2005 | Labour | Second Morgan government | [3] | ||
Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey |
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14 January 2005 | 2007 | Labour | Second Morgan government | [3] | ||
Minister for Transport | ||||||||
Brian Gibbons |
|
7 June 2007 | 2007 | Minister for the Economy | Labour | Third Morgan government | [4] | |
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure | ||||||||
Ken Skates |
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May 2016 | 2017 | Labour | Third Jones government | [5] | ||
Cabinet Secretary / Minister for Transport | ||||||||
Ken Skates |
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2017 | 2021 | Minister for the Economy | Labour | Third Jones government | [6] [7] | |
Deputy Minister for Climate Change | ||||||||
Lee Waters |
|
13 May 2021 | 20 March 2024 | Labour | Second Drakeford government | [8] | ||
Cabinet Secretary for Transport | ||||||||
Ken Skates |
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21 March 2024 | Cabinet Secretary for North Wales | Labour | Gething government | [9] |
Following the 2021 Senedd election, First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford announced in the formation of the next Welsh government, that he would form a "super-ministry" centred on climate change, combining the portfolios of the environment, energy, housing, planning and transport. It would be headed by a Minister for Climate Change (announced to be Julie James MS), with a deputy minister assisting the government division. [10] [11]
The position partly oversees transport in Wales, with the position also referred to by derivatives of the old name such as "transport minister". [12] [13] [14]
Waters, the holder from 2021, [15] oversaw during his period in the position, the increased introduction of 20 mph zones in Wales, [16] conducting a roads review involving scaling back new road construction, [17] [18] and overseeing the impact of COVID-19 on public transport in Wales, such as buses. [19]
The responsibilities of the post are: [8]