Minister Of State For Energy
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The minister of state for energy and climate is a mid-level position in the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is a department of His Majesty's Government. The department was formed during a machinery of government change on 14 July 2016, following Theresa May's appointment as Prime ...
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
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History

The role was formerly known as Minister of State for Energy at the
Department of Energy and Climate Change The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom created on 3 October 2008, by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to take over some of the functions related to energy of the Department for Busin ...
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan (née Beaton; born 6 April 1969) is a British politician, a member of the Conservative Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed since 2015. Trevelyan is a junior minister, and has served ...
replaced
Kwasi Kwarteng Akwasi Addo Alfred Kwarteng (born 26 May 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Spelthorne in northern Surrey since May 2010. He was Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industria ...
as Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth in January 2021.
Greg Hands Gregory William Hands (born 14 November 1965) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelsea and Fulham, previously Hammersmith and Fulham, since 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as ...
replaced Trevelyan at the 2021 British cabinet reshuffle.


Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following: * 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


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* Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change *
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