Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department overview

1, Victoria Street, London
Formed	14 July 2016
Preceding agencies	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Department for Energy and Climate Change
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	1, Victoria Street, London^[1]
Minister responsible	Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Child agencies	Companies House HM Land Registry Insolvency Service Intellectual Property Office Met Office National Measurement and Regulation Office UK Space Agency Oil and Gas Authority
Website	Official website

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)^[2] is a government department, which was created by Theresa May on 14 July 2016 following her appointment as Prime Minister, created as a result of a merger between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

BEIS will bring together responsibility for business, industrial strategy, and science and innovation with energy and climate change policy, merging the functions of the former BIS and DECC.^[3]

Ministers

The Ministers in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are as follows:^[4]

Minister	Rank	Portfolio
The Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP	Secretary of State
Jo Johnson MP	Minister of State for Universities and Science, Research & Innovation	Joint minister with Department for Education
Claire Perry MP	Minister of State for Climate Change & Industry
The Rt Hon. The Lord Prior of Brampton	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy & Intellectual Property	Energy and Intellectual Property, Lords lead on all BEIS issues
Margot James MP	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers & Corporate Responsibility
Richard Harrington MP	Minister of State for Industry & Energy	Industrial policy, Energy policy

In October 2016, Archie Norman was appointed as Lead Non Executive Board Member for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.^[5]

Responsibilities

The department is responsible for UK Government policy in the following areas:

Business regulation and support
Climate change policy in the United Kingdom
Company law
Competition
Consumer affairs
Corporate governance
Energy
Employment relations
Export licensing
Innovation
Insolvency
Intellectual property
Outer space
Postal affairs
Regional and local economic development
Science and research
Trade

Some policies apply to England alone due to devolution, while others are not devolved and therefore apply to other nations of the United Kingdom.

Devolution

Economic policy is mostly devolved but several important policy areas are reserved to Westminster. Reserved and excepted matters are outlined below.

Scotland

Reserved matters:^[6]

The Scottish Government Economy Directorate handles devolved economic policy.

Northern Ireland

Reserved matters:^[7]

Consumer safety in relation to goods
Import and export controls, external trade
Intellectual property
Postal services
Telecommunications
Units of measurement

Excepted matter:^[8] Nuclear energy is excepted.^[9]

Outer space

The department's main counterpart is:^[10]

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (general economic policy)

Wales Under the Welsh devolution settlement, specific policy areas are transferred to the Welsh Government rather than reserved to Westminster. [ This is no longer true since the Wales Act 2017 and needs updating] http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/wales.html

References

↑ "New Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy swallows up DECC and BIS — full details and reaction - Civil Service World".
↑ "Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy". GOV.UK. GOV.UK. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "Machinery of Government Changes:Written statement - HCWS94". Hansard. Hansard. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
↑ "Full list of new ministerial and government appointments: July 2016". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
↑ "Business Secretary appoints Archie Norman as Lead Non-Executive Board Member". www.gov.uk. 3 October 2016.
↑ "Scotland Act 1998, Schedule 5, Part II". Opsi.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
↑ "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3". Opsi.gov.uk. 1998-06-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
↑ "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 2". Opsi.gov.uk. 1998-06-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
↑ Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3
↑ "Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999". Opsi.gov.uk. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-12-04.

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Category Commons

Economy of the United Kingdom

Companies

Co-operatives
Employee-owned companies
FTSE 100 Index
FTSE 250 Index
FTSE Fledgling Index
FTSE SmallCap Index
Government-owned companies

Currency,
governance,
regulation

History

Chronological

Recurrent

Nations,
regions,
cities

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N. Ireland	Belfast Transport
Scotland	Aberdeen Agriculture Edinburgh Industrialisation Fishing Oil and gas Renewable energy Silicon Glen Tourism Transport Whisky
Wales	Cardiff (Cardiff Bay) Swansea Tourism Transport

People
and labour

Sectors

Resource & production	Energy/Renewable energy Biodiesel Coal Geothermal Fracking Hydroelectricity Marine North Sea oil Solar Wind Food Agriculture Cider Wine Beer Fishing English Scottish Materials Forestry Mining
Financial services	Baltic Exchange Banking List of banks List of UK building societies Canary Wharf The City Royal Albert Dock (future) Euronext.liffe Glasgow International Financial Services District Insurance Lloyd's of London LCH London Interbank Offered Rate London Metal Exchange London Platinum and Palladium Market London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market
Other	Education Entertainment & Media Cinema Gambling Newspapers Radio Television Theatre Healthcare Legal services Manufacturing Aerospace Automotive Pharmaceuticals Exports Property Architecture Construction Housing Real estate Science and technology Internet Telecommunications Supermarkets Tourism Transport Aviation Rail Inter-city High-speed

Trade and
business
organisations

Category
Commons

Energy in the United Kingdom

Companies

Coal

Oil and gas

Integrated	BP Royal Dutch Shell
Exploration and production	Afren BHP Cairn Energy Centrica Dana Petroleum Desire Petroleum Emerald Energy EnQuest Essar Energy Hardy Oil and Gas JKX Oil & Gas Melrose Resources Ophir Energy Perenco Premier Oil Regal Petroleum Rockhopper Exploration SOCO International Star Energy Tullow Oil
Supply	Greenergy Murco Petroleum
Support	Abbot Group AMEC Ensco Expro Hunting Petrofac Qserv Score Group Weir Group WesternGeco¹ Wood Group

Utilities

Generation and
supply

Integrated	Centrica EDF Energy¹ E.ON UK¹ RWE npower¹ Scottish Power¹ SSE
Generation	Drax Group Falck Renewables Horizon Nuclear Power¹ International Power Vattenfall United Kingdom¹ Vedanta Resources
Supply	The Co-operative Energy Ecotricity ESB International Extra Energy Firmus Energy First Utility Good Energy Green Energy LoCO2 Energy Opus Energy Ovo Energy Phoenix Natural Gas Telecom Plus

Distribution

Electricity	Electricity North West¹ Northern Powergrid¹ SP Energy Networks¹ SSE Power Distribution UK Power Networks¹ Western Power Distribution¹
Gas	Firmus Energy National Grid Northern Gas Networks Phoenix Natural Gas SGN Wales & West Utilities¹

Transmission

Electricity	National Grid² Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission SP Energy Networks¹
Gas	National Grid

Other

Companies with headquarters and/or registered office in the UK but no applicable energy operations within the country shown in italics ¹Ultimate parent company is not UK-based ²Integrated in the United States, no generation or supply activities in the UK

Energy sources

BBL Pipeline
Dash for Gas
Forties pipeline system
Fuel protests
Gas infrastructure
Greenhouse gas emissions
Hydrocarbon oil duty
Oil and Gas Authority
National Transmission System
Natural gas fields
Natural gas-fired power stations
North Sea oil
Oil & Gas UK
Oil fields
Oil-fired power stations
Oil infrastructure
Oil refineries
Petroleum revenue tax

Renewables

Biofuels	Biodiesel Biofuel power stations National Non-Food Crops Centre Renewable Fuels Agency Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
Geothermal	Geothermal power stations
Hydroelectricity	Hydroelectric power stations Severn Barrage Wave farms
Solar power
Wind power	List of offshore wind farms List of onshore wind farms North Sea Offshore Grid Wind power in Scotland

Government and regulation

Organisations

Legislation and
initiatives

Non-governmental organisations

Charities and pressure groups	Ashden Award BioRegional Campaign against Climate Change Centre for Alternative Technology National Energy Action Stop Climate Chaos Tyndall Centre
Industry bodies	Combined Heat and Power Association Energy Institute Energy Networks Association Energy Retail Association Green Power Forum RenewableUK Utilities Intermediaries Association
Research	Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology Energy Technologies Institute Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research NaREC Oil Depletion Analysis Centre Sunbury Research Centre UK Energy Research Centre

Energy conservation
Association for the Conservation of Energy British Energy Efficiency Federation Close the Door campaign Code for Sustainable Homes Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme EcoHomes Energy efficiency in British housing Energy Saving Trust (Energy Saving Trust Recommended) Greenhouse gas emissions HTB National Home Energy Rating

Category
Commons

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