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The '''Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy''' ('''BEIS''') was created on 14 July 2016 by the merger of the [[Department for Business Innovation & Skills]] (BIS) and [[Department of Energy and Climate Change]] (DECC). <ref> Ian Johnston, [http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-department-killed-off-by-theresa-may-in-plain-stupid-and-deeply-worrying-move-a7137166.html Climate change department closed by Theresa May in 'plain stupid' and 'deeply worrying' move], ''The Independent'', 14 July 2016, accessed 14 September 2016</ref> | The '''Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy''' ('''BEIS''') was created on 14 July 2016 by the merger of the [[Department for Business Innovation & Skills]] (BIS) and [[Department of Energy and Climate Change]] (DECC). <ref> Ian Johnston, [http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-department-killed-off-by-theresa-may-in-plain-stupid-and-deeply-worrying-move-a7137166.html Climate change department closed by Theresa May in 'plain stupid' and 'deeply worrying' move], ''The Independent'', 14 July 2016, accessed 14 September 2016</ref> | ||
Revision as of 10:24, 25 October 2016
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 14 July 2016 by the merger of the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). [1]
The department brings together the responsibilities from BIS and DECC, including business, industrial strategy, science, innovation, energy, and climate change. [2]
People
Ministers
- Greg Clark (secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy).
- Nick Hurd (minister of state for Climate Change and Industry).
- Jo Johnson (minister of state for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation).
- Baroness Neville-Rolfe (minister of state for Energy and Intellectual Property).
- Margot James (parliamentary under secretary of state, minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility).
- Jesse Norman (parliamentary under secretary of state, minister for Industry and Energy).
Civil servants
- Alex Chisholm (permanent secretary).
Contact
- General enquiries 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET | Email: enquiries@beis.gov.uk | Telephone: 020 7215 5000
- Whitehall office 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW
- Aberdeen office AB1 Building, Crimon Place, Aberdeen, AB10 1BJ
- Sheffield office 2 St Paul's Place, 125 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2FJ
Notes
- ↑ Ian Johnston, Climate change department closed by Theresa May in 'plain stupid' and 'deeply worrying' move, The Independent, 14 July 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
- ↑ Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, GOV.uk, accessed 25 October 2016.