Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

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

United Kingdom Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath since 9 July 2024
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Website	Official website

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.

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following:^[1]

• 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

List of ministers of state

Minister of State			Term of office		Political party	Prime minister
Minister of State for Energy and e-Commerce
		Mike O'Brien	10 September 2004	11 May 2005	Labour		Tony Blair
Minister of State for Energy
		Malcolm Wicks	11 May 2005	10 November 2006	Labour		Tony Blair
		The Lord Truscott	10 November 2006	28 June 2007	Labour		Tony Blair
		Malcolm Wicks	28 June 2007	5 October 2008	Labour		Gordon Brown
Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change
		Mike O'Brien	5 October 2008	8 June 2009	Labour		Gordon Brown
		Joan Ruddock	8 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour		Gordon Brown
		Charles Hendry	12 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative		David Cameron
Minister of State for Energy
		John Hayes	4 September 2012	28 March 2013	Conservative		David Cameron
		Michael Fallon	28 March 2013	15 July 2014	Conservative		David Cameron
		Matt Hancock	15 July 2014	11 May 2015	Conservative		David Cameron
		Andrea Leadsom	11 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative		David Cameron
Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property
		The Baroness Neville-Rolfe	17 July 2016	21 December 2016	Conservative		Theresa May
Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry[a]
		Nick Hurd	17 July 2016	12 June 2017	Conservative		Theresa May
		Claire Perry	12 June 2017	9 January 2018	Conservative		Theresa May
Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth
		Claire Perry	9 January 2018	24 July 2019	Conservative		Theresa May
Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth
		Kwasi Kwarteng	24 July 2019	8 January 2021	Conservative		Boris Johnson
		Anne-Marie Trevelyan	8 January 2021	15 September 2021	Conservative		Boris Johnson
		Greg Hands	16 September 2021	6 September 2022	Conservative		Boris Johnson
Minister of State for Climate Sept to Oct 2022 Minister of State for Energy and Climate Oct 2022 to Feb 2023
		Graham Stuart	6 September 2022	7 February 2023	Conservative		Liz Truss
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
		Graham Stuart	7 February 2023	12 April 2024	Conservative		Rishi Sunak
		Justin Tomlinson	12 April 2024	5 July 2024	Conservative		Rishi Sunak
		The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath	9 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour		Keir Starmer

Notes

1. While the office did not have energy in its title, its portfolio responsibilities included:^[2]

   • industrial strategy
   • climate change

   • carbon budgets
   • international climate change, including International Climate Fund
   • climate science and innovation
   • green finance
   • energy efficiency and heat, including fuel poverty

   • industry and enterprise

   • advanced manufacturing
   • materials
   • automotive

References

1. "Minister of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
2. "Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

See also

• List of government ministers of the United Kingdom
• Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
• Energy minister