Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth

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 Anne-Marie Trevelyan, who took up the office on 8 January 2021.

Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth
Incumbent
Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
since 8 January 2021
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
WebsiteOfficial website

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.

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
Minister of State for Energy and e-Commerce Labour Tony Blair Patricia Hewitt[n 1]
Mike O'Brien 10 September 2004 11 May 2005
Minister of State for Energy Alan Johnson[n 1]
Malcolm Wicks 11 May 2005 10 November 2006
Alistair Darling[n 1]
The Lord Truscott 10 November 2006 28 June 2007
Malcolm Wicks 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 5 October 2008 8 June 2009
Joan Ruddock 8 June 2009 11 May 2010
Charles Hendry 12 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative David Cameron Chris Huhne[n 3]
Ed Davey[n 3]
Minister of State for Energy
John Hayes 4 September 2012 28 March 2013
Michael Fallon 28 March 2013 15 July 2014
Matt Hancock 15 July 2014 11 May 2015
Andrea Leadsom 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 17 July 2016 21 December 2016
Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry[n 5]
Nick Hurd 17 July 2016 12 June 2017
Claire Perry 12 June 2017 9 January 2018
Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth
Claire Perry 9 January 2018 24 July 2019
Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth Boris Johnson Andrea Leadsom[n 4]
Kwasi Kwarteng 24 July 2019 8 January 2021
Alok Sharma[n 4]
Anne-Marie Trevelyan 8 January 2021 Incumbent Kwasi Kwarteng[n 4]

Notes
  1. as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
  2. as Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
  3. as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
  4. as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  5. 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
  1. "Minister of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  2. "Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

See also
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