Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth
| Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth | |
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 Greg Hands since 16 September 2021 | |
| Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | Official website |
The Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth is a mid-level position in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in the British government. It is currently held by Greg Hands following the promotion of Anne-Marie Trevelyan to International Trade Secretary.
The role used to be part of the portfolio belonging to the Secretary of State and Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
History[]
The role was formerly known as Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan replaced Kwasi Kwarteng in January 2021.
Greg Hands replaced Trevelyan at the 2021 British cabinet reshuffle.
Responsibilities[]
The minister is responsible for the following:[1]
- carbon budgets
- green finance
- energy efficiency and heat, including fuel poverty
- clean heat
- 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
List of Ministers of State[]
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | PM | Sec. of State | ||||
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| Minister of State for Energy and e-Commerce | Labour | Tony Blair | Patricia Hewitt[n 1] | ||||||
| Mike O'Brien | 
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10 September 2004 | 11 May 2005 | ||||||
| Minister of State for Energy | Alan Johnson[n 1] | ||||||||
| Malcolm Wicks | 
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11 May 2005 | 10 November 2006 | ||||||
| Alistair Darling[n 1] | |||||||||
| The Lord Truscott | 
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10 November 2006 | 28 June 2007 | ||||||
| Malcolm Wicks |
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28 June 2007 | 5 October 2008 | Gordon Brown | John Hutton[n 2] | ||||
| Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change | Ed Miliband[n 3] | ||||||||
| Mike O'Brien |
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5 October 2008 | 8 June 2009 | ||||||
| Joan Ruddock | 
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8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | ||||||
| Charles Hendry | 
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12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | Chris Huhne[n 3] | |||
| Ed Davey[n 3] | |||||||||
| Minister of State for Energy | |||||||||
| John Hayes | 
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4 September 2012 | 28 March 2013 | ||||||
| Michael Fallon | 
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28 March 2013 | 15 July 2014 | ||||||
| Matt Hancock | 
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15 July 2014 | 11 May 2015 | ||||||
| Andrea Leadsom | 
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11 May 2015 | 14 July 2016 | Amber Rudd[n 3] | |||||
| Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property | Theresa May | Greg Clark[n 4] | |||||||
| The Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 
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17 July 2016 | 21 December 2016 | ||||||
| Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry[n 5] | |||||||||
| Nick Hurd | 
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17 July 2016 | 12 June 2017 | ||||||
| Claire Perry | 
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12 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | ||||||
| Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth | |||||||||
| Claire Perry |
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9 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | ||||||
| Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth | Boris Johnson | Andrea Leadsom[n 4] | |||||||
| Kwasi Kwarteng | 
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24 July 2019 | 8 January 2021 | ||||||
| Alok Sharma[n 4] | |||||||||
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 
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8 January 2021 | 15 September 2021 | Kwasi Kwarteng[n 4] | |||||
| Greg Hands | 
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16 September 2021 | Incumbent | ||||||
Notes[]
- ^ a b c as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
- ^ as Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- ^ a b c d as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
- ^ a b c d as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- ^ While the office did not have energy in its title, its portfolio responsibilities included:[2]
- industrial strategy
- climate change
- carbon budgets
- international climate change, including International Climate Fund
- climate science and innovation
- green finance
- energy efficiency and heat, including fuel poverty
- industry and enterprise
- advanced manufacturing
- materials
- automotive
References[]
- ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ "Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
See also[]
- List of government ministers of the United Kingdom
- Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
- Energy minister
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- Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
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