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 Prim ...
in the
Government of the United Kingdom
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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. I ...
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 ...
.
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 ...
.
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 (UK), Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Spelthorne (UK Parliament constituency), S ...
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
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 ...
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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
List of Ministers of State
Notes
References
See also
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List of government ministers of the United Kingdom
The following is a list of ministerial offices in the Government of the United Kingdom. The highest ranking ministers are Cabinet ministers or also attend Cabinet.
Prime Minister's Office
* Prime MinisterThe Prime Minister has concurren ...
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Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
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Energy minister
{{Cabinet positions in the United Kingdom
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business in the United Kingdom
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Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
Energy ministers
Climate change in the United Kingdom
Climate change policy in the United Kingdom