Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
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Incumbent
Ed Miliband
since 5 July 2024
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Style Energy Secretary
(informal)
The Right Honourable
(within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type Minister of the Crown
Status Secretary of State
Member of
Reports to The Prime Minister
Seat Westminster
NominatorThe Prime Minister
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length At His Majesty's Pleasure
Formation7 February 2023
First holder Grant Shapps
Salary£159,038 per annum (2022) [1]
(including £86,584 MP salary) [2]
Website Official website

The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is a Secretary of State in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. [3]

Contents

The incumbent Secretary of State is Ed Miliband of the Labour Party. [4]

History

On 7 February 2023, a government reshuffle meant that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was split up into separate departments. [5] [6] The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero took on the energy portfolio and policy functions from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. [6]

Grant Shapps was appointed the first Secretary of State for the department, having previously been the last holder of the office of Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2022 to 2023. [7] The department was tasked by the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, with "securing our long-term energy supply, bringing down bills and halving inflation". [6]

List

Secretary of StateTook officeLeft officePolitical partyMinistry
Grant Shapps Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg Grant Shapps
MP for Welwyn Hatfield 		7 February 202331 August 2023 Conservative Sunak
DESNZ Secretary Claire Coutinho at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office on 3 November 2023 07 (cropped).jpg Claire Coutinho
MP for East Surrey 		31 August 20235 July 2024
Official portrait of Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP crop 2.jpg Ed Miliband
MP for Doncaster North 		5 July 2024Incumbent Labour Starmer

See also

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. ↑ "Secretary of State - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  5. ↑ "Sunak reshuffle: Shapps named energy secretary in department shake-up". BBC News. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "Making government deliver for the British people". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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