Minister of State for Industry and Decarbonisation

The Minister of State for Industry and Decarbonisation is a mid-level position in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in the Government of the United Kingdom.

The role used to be part of the portfolio belonging to the secretary of state and minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Until 2023, the minister worked at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

History
The role was formerly known as Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in January 2021.

Greg Hands replaced Trevelyan at the 2021 British cabinet reshuffle.

The role was known as the minister of state for energy security and net zero until 2024.

Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:


 * carbon budgets
 * green finance
 * energy efficiency and heat, including fuel poverty
 * clean heat
 * low carbon generation
 * energy retail markets
 * oil and gas, including shale gas
 * security of supply
 * electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks
 * international energy
 * EU energy and climate
 * energy security, including resilience and emergency planning