Cabinet Secretary for Transport (Wales)

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport is a minister of the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Ken Skates, since March 2024.

Background

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, with a deputy minister assisting the government division.
The position partly oversaw transport in Wales, with the position also referred to by derivatives of the old name such as "transport minister".
Waters, the holder from 2021, oversaw during his period in the position a changing of the default speed limit on restricted roads from 30mph to 20mph, conducting a roads review involving scaling back new road construction, and overseeing the impact of COVID-19 on public transport in Wales, such as buses.
The ascendance of Vaughan Gething to the position of First Minister saw a new Cabinet formed, and the creation of the position of Cabinet Secretary for Transport. The inaugural and current holder, Ken Skates, is also the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales.

The responsibilities of the post are:Transport

* Transport policy
* Transport for Wales
* Roads, including road construction and improvement, as well as the maintenance of trunk roads and motorways.
* [Bus Transport in Wales|transport in Wales|Bus services]
* Rail services through management of the Wales and Borders franchise
* Overseeing Cardiff Airport at an arms-length
* Active travel
* Road safety; such as creating safer routes to schools; overseeing children's and young people transport; the regulation of on-street parking and pedestrian crossings.