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Sunak splits BEIS, creates new Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, with the approval of His Majesty The King, has created four new government departments.
A new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will be headed up by former Business Secretary Grant Shapps. The department has been tasked with securing the long-term energy supply, bringing down bills and halving inflation.
Former Culture secretary Michelle Donelan becomes the new Science Secretary, heading up the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, which will take over science and technology-focused activity previously managed by BEIS and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport.
A combined Department for Business and Trade will be led by Kemi Badenoch who becomes Business and Trade Secretary. It aims to support growth by backing British businesses at home and abroad, promoting investment and championing free trade.
A re-focused Department for Culture, Media and Sport (losing the responsibility for the Digital Sector) will be headed up by MP for South East Cambridgeshire Lucy Frazer. The change makes Frazer the 13th Culture Secretary in the last 13 years.
Other ministerial appointments announced are:
Rt Hon Greg Hands MP as Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office; Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; George Freeman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; Nigel Huddleston MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade; Nusrat Ghani MP as a Minister of State jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and the Cabinet Office; Andrew Bowie MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Paul Scully MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; Kevin Hollinrake MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade; Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Department for Business and Trade; Maria Caulfield MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) in the Department for Business and Trade, in addition to her current role as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care.
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