Dangerous goods team
Team within the Department for Transport with responsibility for the policy for the safe and secure carriage of dangerous goods.
We lead on the policy for the safe and secure carriage of dangerous goods by:
- road
- rail
We also have oversight for:
- sea
- air modes
Aims
Our aims are to ensure:
- a regulatory infrastructure designed to enhance the safe and secure transport of dangerous goods
- regulations are proportionate and implemented in the UK in a way which helps to improve trade and economic growth
What we do
To do this we:
- represent the UK at international meetings
- negotiate international regulations and European directives
These negotiated regulations and directives are then incorporated into our national policy.
Between international meetings we hold public gatherings discussing proposed changes with industry experts. If you want to attend a gathering you must contact us 2 weeks before the stakeholder briefing meeting date. Current meeting dates are:
- 25 March 2024 to 28 March 2024: joint meeting of the ‘Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail’ (RID) Committee of Experts and the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (March session). The stakeholder briefing meeting is 11 March 2024
- 2 April 2024 to 5 April 2024: working party on the transport of dangerous goods (115th session). The stakeholder briefing meeting is 20 March 2024
- 24 June 2024 to 3 July 2024: Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) sub-committee of experts on the transport of dangerous goods (64th session) . The stakeholder briefing meeting is 10 June 2024
- 9 September 2024 to 13 September 2024: joint meeting of the RID committee of experts and the working party on the transport of dangerous goods (September session). The stakeholder briefing meeting is 28 August 2024
- 5 November 2024 to 8 November 2024: working party on the transport of dangerous goods (116th session). The stakeholder briefing meeting is 23 October 2024
- 25 November 2024 to 3 December 2024: ECOSOC sub-committee of experts on the transport of dangerous goods (65th session). The stakeholder briefing meeting is 13 November 2024