Ministerial role

Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise

Organisations: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

  • business sectors (excluding construction and rail) and advanced manufacturing, including low carbon economy
  • enterprise
  • competiveness and economic growth, including economic opportunities and shocks
  • Business Bank and access to finance
  • Green Investment Bank
  • deregulation and better regulation
  • local and regional growth
  • export control
  • Royal Mail and the public data group
  • insolvency

Until May 2015 this role was known as the Minister for Business and Enterprise.

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Anna Soubry

    2015 to 2016

  2. The Rt Hon Matt Hancock

    2014 to 2015

  3. The Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon

    2012 to 2014

  4. Mark Prisk

    2010 to 2012