Secretary of State for Transport

Secretary of State for Transport
Incumbent: Philip Hammond Took office: 12 May 2010
Style:	The Right Honourable
Appointed by:	David Cameron as Prime Minister
First :	Eric Geddes
Formation:	19 May 1919

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The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors. The office used to be called the Minister of Transport, and has been merged with the Department for the Environment at various times.