Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	; 1, Victoria Street, London
Department overview
Formed	14 July 2016
Preceding agencies	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Department of Energy and Climate Change;
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	1, Victoria Street, London
Annual budget	£13.8 billion (current) in 2016–17
Minister responsible	Rt Hon. Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Rt Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Minister of State; Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers & Corporate Responsibility; Nadhim Zahawi MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State; Rt Hon. Lord Duncan, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State;
Department executive	Sarah Munby, Permanent Secretary;
Child agencies	Companies House; HM Land Registry; Insolvency Service; Intellectual Property Office; Met Office; Office for Product Safety & Standards; UK Space Agency; Oil and Gas Authority;
Website	www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)^[3] is a department of the government of the United Kingdom. The department was formed during a machinery of government change on 14 July 2016, following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister, through a merger between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).^[4]

Ministers[]

The Ministers in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are:^[5]

Minister	Rank	Portfolio
The Rt Hon. Kwasi Kwarteng MP	Secretary of State	Overall responsibility for the department; developing and delivering a comprehensive industrial strategy and leading the government's relationship with business; ensuring that the country has secure energy supplies that are reliable, affordable and clean; ensuring the UK remains at the leading edge of science, research and innovation; tackling climate change.
The Rt Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP	Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth	Carbon budgets; green finance; energy efficiency and heat, including fuel poverty; low carbon generation; energy retail markets; oil and gas, including shale gas; security of supply; electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks; international energy; EU energy and climate; energy security, including resilience and emergency planning.
The Rt Hon. The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel	Minister of State for Investment (Jointly with DIT)	covering departmental business in the House of Lords; developing a new investment strategy; promoting investment across all sectors; business investor relations; leading on the strategic relationship management programme cross-Whitehall, including account management of large UK investors; global marketing to attract investment; increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment into the UK; promoting and supporting outward direct investment (ODI).
Amanda Solloway MP	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation	Science and research; innovation; intellectual property; space; agri-tech; technology.
Paul Scully MP	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets, and Minister for London	Small business and enterprise (including access to finance); consumer and competition (including competition law); labour markets; postal affairs; retail sector; London.
Nadhim Zahawi MP	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry	Industrial Strategy delivery; Sector Deals; sectoral lead: advanced manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, materials (including steel), life sciences, professional services, nuclear, infrastructure and construction, rail supply chain, defence, maritime; supply chains; national security and investment; local growth; better regulation and regulatory reform.
The Rt Hon. The Lord Callanan	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change & Corporate Responsibility	EU single market on-going business; EU Structural Funds; Land Registry; Ordnance Survey; international climate change (including International Climate Fund); climate science and innovation; clean heat; smart meters and smart systems; corporate governance; insolvency.

In October 2016, Archie Norman was appointed as Lead Non Executive Board Member for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.^[6]

Responsibilities[]

The department has responsibility for:^[4]

business
industrial strategy
science, research and innovation
energy and clean growth
climate change

While some functions of the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, in respect of higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and skills, were transferred to the Department for Education, in a statement May explained:

The Department for Energy and Climate Change and the remaining functions of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have been merged to form a new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, bringing together responsibility for business, industrial strategy, and science and innovation with energy and climate change policy. The new department will be responsible for helping to ensure that the economy grows strongly in all parts of the country, based on a robust industrial strategy. It will ensure that the UK has energy supplies that are reliable, affordable and clean; and it will make the most of the economic opportunities of new technologies, and support the UK’s global competitiveness more effectively.^[7]

Devolution[]

Some responsibilities extend to England alone due to devolution, while others are reserved or excepted matters that therefore apply to the other countries of the United Kingdom as well.

Reserved and excepted matters are outlined below.

Scotland

Reserved matters:^[8]

Business regulation and support
Climate change policy
Company law
Competition
Consumer protection
Corporate governance
Import and export control
Employment relations
Energy
Energy law
Export licensing
Insolvency
Intellectual property
Nuclear energy
Outer space
Postal services
Product standards, safety and liability
Research councils
Science and research
Telecommunications
Time
Trade associations
Units of measurement

The Economy Directorates of the Scottish Government handles devolved economic policy.

Northern Ireland

Reserved matters:^[9]

Climate change policy
Competition
Consumer protection
Import and export control
Export licensing
Intellectual property
Nuclear energy
Postal services
Product standards, safety and liability
Research councils
Science and research
Telecommunications
Units of measurement

Excepted matter:^[10] ^[11]

Outer space
Nuclear power

The department's main counterpart is:^[12]

Department for the Economy (general economic policy)

References[]

^ "New Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy swallows up DECC and BIS – full details and reaction – Civil Service World".
^ Budget 2011 (PDF). London: HM Treasury. 2011. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
^ "Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy". gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 16 February 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "About us". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
^ "Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy – GOV.UK". GOV.UK. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
^ "Business Secretary appoints Archie Norman as Lead Non-Executive Board Member". gov.uk. 3 October 2016.
^ "Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament". questions-statements.parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
^ "Scotland Act 1998, Schedule 5, Part II". Opsi.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3". Opsi.gov.uk. 25 June 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 2". Opsi.gov.uk. 25 June 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3
^ "Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999". Opsi.gov.uk. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[1] "New Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy swallows up DECC and BIS – full details and reaction – Civil Service World".

[2] Budget 2011 (PDF). London: HM Treasury. 2011. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.

[Official_website-3] "Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy". gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 16 February 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

[:0-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "About us". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

[5] "Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy – GOV.UK". GOV.UK. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[6] "Business Secretary appoints Archie Norman as Lead Non-Executive Board Member". gov.uk. 3 October 2016.

[7] "Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament". questions-statements.parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

[8] "Scotland Act 1998, Schedule 5, Part II". Opsi.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[9] "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3". Opsi.gov.uk. 25 June 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[10] "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 2". Opsi.gov.uk. 25 June 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[11] Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3

[12] "Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999". Opsi.gov.uk. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

show v t Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom
Ministerial	Attorney General's Office Cabinet Office Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Education Environment, Food and Rural Affairs International Trade Transport Work and Pensions Health and Social Care Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Treasury Home Defence Housing, Communities and Local Government Justice Northern Ireland Advocate General (Scotland) Commons Leader's Office Lords Leader's Office Scotland Office Wales Office UK Export Finance
Non-ministerial	Charity Commission for England and Wales Competition and Markets Authority Crown Prosecution Service Food Standards Agency Forestry Commission Government Actuary's Department Government Legal Department Land Registry Revenue and Customs National Crime Agency National Savings and Investments Ofsted Office of Gas and Electricity Markets Ofqual Office of Rail and Road Serious Fraud Office Supreme Court National Archives UK Statistics Authority Ofwat
Category Commons

show Authority control
General	ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat (via VIAF)
National libraries	United States