Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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1, Victoria Street, London |
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Formed | 14 July 2016 |
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Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
Headquarters | 1, Victoria Street, London[1] |
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Website | Official website |
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)[2] is a government department, which was created by Theresa May on 14 July 2016 following her appointment as Prime Minister, created as a result of a merger between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
BEIS will bring together responsibility for business, industrial strategy, and science and innovation with energy and climate change policy, merging the functions of the former BIS and DECC.[3]
Ministers
The Ministers in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are as follows:[4]
Minister | Rank | Portfolio |
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The Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP | Secretary of State | In overall charge of and responsible for the work of the department |
The Rt Hon. Claire Perry MP | Minister of State for Energy & Clean Growth | Industrial strategy, carbon budgets, international climate change, climate science and innovation, green finance, energy efficiency and heat, low carbon generation, energy retail markets, smart meters and smart systems, oil and gas, security of supply, electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks, international energy, and energy security |
Sam Gyimah MP | Minister of State for Higher Education | Joint minister with Department for Education, industrial strategy, science and research, innovation, intellectual property, agri-tech, space, and technology |
Richard Harrington MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry & Energy | Industrial strategy, industrial strategy delivery, sector deals, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, materials, automotive, nuclear, infrastructure and construction, professional services, rail supply chain, defence, maritime, pub codes policy, and supply chains |
Kelly Tolhurst MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers & Corporate Responsibility | Industrial strategy, small business and enterprise, consumer and competition, labour markets, postal affairs, corporate governance, insolvency, and the retail sector |
The Rt Hon. The Lord Henley | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy & Intellectual Property | Industrial strategy, Lords lead on all BEIS issues, EU single market on-going business, better regulation and regulatory reform, land registry, ordnance survey, companies house, life sciences, EU structural funds, local growth, local industrial strategies, the Northern Powerhouse, the Midlands Engine, and the shared prosperity fund |
In October 2016, Archie Norman was appointed as Lead Non Executive Board Member for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.[5]
Responsibilities
The department is responsible for UK Government policy in the following areas:
- Business regulation and support
- Climate change policy in the United Kingdom
- Company law
- Competition
- Consumer affairs
- Corporate governance
- Energy
- Employment relations
- Export licensing
- Innovation
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property
- Outer space
- Postal affairs
- Regional and local economic development
- Science and research
- Trade
Some policies apply to England alone due to devolution, while others are not devolved and therefore apply to other nations of the United Kingdom.
Devolution
Economic policy is mostly devolved but several important policy areas are reserved to Westminster. Reserved and excepted matters are outlined below.
Scotland
Reserved matters:[6]
- Competition
- Customer protection
- Import and export control
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property
- Nuclear energy
- Oil and gas
- Outer space
- Postal services
- Product standards, safety and liability
- Research councils
- Telecommunications
- Time
- Business associations
- Weights and measures
The Scottish Government Economy Directorate handles devolved economic policy.
Northern Ireland
Reserved matters:[7]
- Consumer safety in relation to goods
- Import and export controls, external trade
- Intellectual property
- Postal services
- Telecommunications
- Units of measurement
The department's main counterpart is:[10]
- Department for the Economy (general economic policy)
Wales Under the Welsh devolution settlement, specific policy areas are transferred to the Welsh Government rather than reserved to Westminster. [ This is no longer true since the Wales Act 2017 and needs updating] http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/wales.html
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