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Revision as of 15:05, 9 September 2013
The Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR).[1]
Ministers
- The Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP, Secretary of State
President of the Board of Trade, Overall responsibility, business and banking
- The Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State, Universities and science, innovation, space
- Michael Fallon, MP Minister of State, Business and enterprise
- Matthew Hancock MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (jointly with Department of Education) - Further education, skills and lifelong learning
- Lord Green, Minister of State, Trade and investment
- Jo Swinson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Employment relations, consumer and postal affairs
- Lord Younger[2] - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Intellectual property
Civil servants
The Permanent Secretary is Martin Donnelly, following the departure of Simon Fraser CMG, on 26 August 2010.
Subsidiary elements
Website
Official: http://www.gov.uk/bis
See also:
Precursor departments:
- Department for Business and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Archived Website
- Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) Archived Website
