Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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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). [1]
The department brings together the responsibilities from BIS and DECC, including 'business, industrial strategy, science, innovation, energy, and climate change'. [2]
Background
The creation of BEIS was one of the first acts of Theresa May's premiership following the abolition of DECC. The move caused controversy amongst green campaigners and opposition MPs. [3]
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.
- ↑ Adam Vaughan, Abolition of Decc 'major setback for UK's climate change efforts', The Guardian, 15 July 2016, accessed 25 October 2016.
