The Rt Hon Grant Shapps was appointed Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 25 October 2022.
He was previously Secretary of State for the Home Department from 19 October 2022 to 25 October 2022, Secretary of State for Transport between 24 July 2019 and 6 September 2022, and Minister of State at the Department for International Development from 11 May 2015 until 28 November 2015.
He was elected the Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield in 2005.
The new BEIS Ministerial team and portfolio splits are now confirmed as follows:
 

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The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for BEIS. This includes: 

• leading the government’s relationship with business
• ensuring that the country has secure energy supplies that are reliable, affordable and clean
• ensuring the UK remains at the leading edge of science, research and innovation, this includes responsibility for:
  • the UK’s membership of Horizon Europe
  • the Advanced Research & Invention Agency
  • the Innovation Strategy and R&D People & Culture Strategy
  • the Office for AI
  • our European Space Agency membership
• steel and metals, critical minerals and the maritime, automotive and aerospace sectors

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