Minister of State for Industry

United Kingdom Minister of State for Industry
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Sarah Jones since 8 July 2024
Department for Business and Trade Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Style	Minister
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Minister of State
Member of	His Majesty's Government
Reports to	Secretary of State for Business and Trade Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary	£115,824 per annum (2022) [1] (including £86,584 MP salary) [2]

The Minister of State for Industry is a mid-level role in the Department for Business and Trade and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of His Majesty's Government. It has been held by Sarah Jones since 8 July 2024.

Since 2024, the Minister has belonged to two government departments.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the Minister of State for Industry in DBT include: ^[3]

(DBT Responsibilities)

• advanced manufacturing
• automotive
• aerospace
• defence
• consumer goods
• chemicals and plastics
• construction
• infrastructure
• maritime and shipbuilding
• steel
• materials and critical minerals
• Industrial Development Advisory Board

(DESNZ Responsibilities)

• Office For Clean Energy Jobs
• green finance
• green jobs and skills
• carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS)
• carbon leakage
• hydrogen
• industrial decarbonisation and emissions trading, including fuel switching, business and commercial buildings decarbonisation
• energy sector supply chains
• green growth sectors
• clean energy investments
• mineworkers’ pensions

List of Ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Ministry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Energy
	Jesse Norman		18 July 2016	14 June 2017		May (I)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry
	Richard Harrington		14 June 2017	25 March 2019		May (II)
	Andrew Stephenson		4 April 2019	25 July 2019
	Nadhim Zahawi		25 July 2019	15 September 2021		Johnson (I)
						Johnson (II)
	Lee Rowley		17 September 2021	6 July 2022
Minister of State for Industry
	Jackie Doyle-Price		7 September 2022	27 October 2022		Truss
Minister of State for Industry and Investment Security
	Nus Ghani		27 October 2022	7 February 2023		Sunak
Minister of State for Industry and Economic Security Also Minister of State for the Investment Security Unit
	Nus Ghani		7 February 2023	26 March 2024		Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Economic Security Also Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Investment Security Unit
	Alan Mak		26 March 2024	5 July 2024		Sunak
Minister of State for Industry
	Sarah Jones		8 July 2024	Incumbent		Starmer

Minister for the Investment Security Unit

United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Investment Security Unit
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Vacant since 5 July 2024
Cabinet Office
Style	The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Minister of State
Member of	His Majesty's Government
Reports to	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary	£115,824 per annum (2022) [4] (including £86,584 MP salary) [2]

Following the reorganisation of government departments in February 2023 the minister in charge of the Investment Security Unit was moved from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Cabinet Office. ^[3]

The Investment Security Unit is responsible for identifying, addressing and mitigating national security risks to the UK arising when a person gains control of a qualifying asset or qualifying entity as set out in the National Security and Investment Act. ^[3]

Ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Ministry
Minister of State for the Investment Security Unit
	Nus Ghani		7 February 2023	26 March 2024		Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Investment Security Unit
	Alan Mak		26 March 2024	5 July 2024		Sunak

References

1. "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
2. "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
3. "Minister for Industry - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2024. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
4. "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.