The minister of state for energy security and net zero is a mid-level position in the

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is a department of His Majesty's Government established on 7 February 2023 after a government reshuffle, the first by prime minister Rishi Sunak. The new department took on the energy pol ...

in the

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. It is currently held by Graham Stuart. The role used to be part of the portfolio belonging to the secretary of state and

minister of state Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In o ...

at the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Until 2023, the minister worked at the

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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 as Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth at the

in January 2021. Greg Hands replaced Trevelyan at the

2021 British cabinet reshuffle Boris Johnson carried out the second significant reshuffle of his majority government from 15 September to 18 September 2021, having last done so in February 2020. Cabinet-level changes Junior ministerial changes Whips' Office appo ...

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following: * carbon budgets * green finance *

energy efficiency Energy efficiency may refer to: * Energy efficiency (physics), the ratio between the useful output and input of an energy conversion process ** Electrical efficiency, useful power output per electrical power consumed ** Mechanical efficiency, a ra ...

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

History

Responsibilities

List of Ministers of State

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References

See also