Ministerial role

Minister of State

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

  • Electricity and gas markets
  • New energy infrastructure
  • Energy security
  • Oil and Gas policy, including shale gas
  • The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Geological Disposal Facility
  • New nuclear, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and renewables
  • Nuclear safety and regulation
  • International energy

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom

    2015 to 2016