Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

The Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is a mid-level position in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in the Government of the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
since 9 July 2024
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His 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.

Until 2023, the minister worked at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

History

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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 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in January 2021.

Greg Hands replaced Trevelyan at the 2021 British cabinet reshuffle.

Responsibilities

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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

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Minister of State Term of office Political party Prime minister
Minister of State for Energy and e-Commerce
  Mike O'Brien 10 September 2004 11 May 2005 Labour Tony Blair
Minister of State for Energy
  Malcolm Wicks 11 May 2005 10 November 2006 Labour Tony Blair
  The Lord Truscott 10 November 2006 28 June 2007 Labour Tony Blair
  Malcolm Wicks 28 June 2007 5 October 2008 Labour Gordon Brown
Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change
  Mike O'Brien 5 October 2008 8 June 2009 Labour Gordon Brown
  Joan Ruddock 8 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour Gordon Brown
  Charles Hendry 12 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative David Cameron
Minister of State for Energy
  John Hayes 4 September 2012 28 March 2013 Conservative David Cameron
  Michael Fallon 28 March 2013 15 July 2014 Conservative David Cameron
  Matt Hancock 15 July 2014 11 May 2015 Conservative David Cameron
  Andrea Leadsom 11 May 2015 14 July 2016 Conservative David Cameron
Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property
  The Baroness Neville-Rolfe 17 July 2016 21 December 2016 Conservative Theresa May
Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry[a]
  Nick Hurd 17 July 2016 12 June 2017 Conservative Theresa May
  Claire Perry 12 June 2017 9 January 2018 Conservative Theresa May
Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth
  Claire Perry 9 January 2018 24 July 2019 Conservative Theresa May
Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth
  Kwasi Kwarteng 24 July 2019 8 January 2021 Conservative Boris Johnson
  Anne-Marie Trevelyan 8 January 2021 15 September 2021 Conservative Boris Johnson
  Greg Hands 16 September 2021 6 September 2022 Conservative Boris Johnson
Minister of State for Climate Sept to Oct 2022
Minister of State for Energy and Climate Oct 2022 to Feb 2023
  Graham Stuart 6 September 2022 7 February 2023 Conservative Liz Truss
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
  Graham Stuart 7 February 2023 12 April 2024 Conservative Rishi Sunak
  Justin Tomlinson 12 April 2024 5 July 2024 Conservative Rishi Sunak
  The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath 9 July 2024 Incumbent Labour Keir Starmer

Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  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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