Following changes to the BEIS Ministerial team, portfolio splits are confirmed as follows:
 

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The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng 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 government’s Innovation Strategy, R&D people & culture strategy, the Office for AI and our European Space Agency membership.  
• infrastructure, materials, critical minerals and the maritime, auto and aerospace sectors
• Promoting investment and business investor relations as part of the government’s Investment Strategy.

More information on gov.uk
 

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The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change Responsibilities include: Net Zero Strategy carbon budgets low carbon generation energy retail markets oil and gas security of supply electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks international energy, climate change and climate finance energy security, including resilience hydrogen Nuclear fusion industrial decarbonisation More information on gov.uk     Lord Callanan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility) Responsibilities include: corporate governance and responsibility audit insolvency company law better regulation green finance, joint with HMT smart meters and smart systems energy efficiency fuel poverty clean heat Help to Grow: digital investment security intellectual property space strategy life sciences advanced manufacturing professional and business services Net Zero Industry Champion construction chemicals rail defence supply chains Made Smarter More information on gov.uk   Jane Hunt MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Responsibilities include: small business, enterprise and access to finance internal market implementation and trade subsidy control consumer and competition labour markets postal affairs retail, consumer goods, personal care hospitality, weddings, nightclubs and pubs Levelling Up / regional growth Skills Economic shocks More information on gov.uk