Ministerial role

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Organisations: Department of Energy & Climate Change

Responsibilities

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the business of the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) and its policies. These include:

• overall strategy on energy, consumer and climate change policy
• international climate change negotiations
• energy bills and the Competition and Markets Authority investigation
• key decisions on major programmes and new policy in DECC

DECC became part of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy in July 2016.

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Amber Rudd

   2015 to 2016

2. The Rt Hon Sir Edward Davey MP

   2012 to 2015

3. The Rt Hon Chris Huhne

   2010 to 2012

Announcements

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• Office for Nuclear Regulation Annual Report 2015-2016 to Parliament by the Secretary of State
  • 07 July 2016
  • Corporate report
• Office for Nuclear Regulation: Annual Report to Parliament on the exercise of powers
  • 07 July 2016
  • Corporate report
• Opportunities identified for oil and gas sector workforce
  • 06 July 2016
  • Press release
• Amber Rudd speech to the Business & Climate Summit
  • 29 June 2016
  • Speech
• Amber Rudd statement on the death of Sir David MacKay
  • 15 April 2016
  • News story
• Electric shock of Brexit could see UK energy costs rocket by half a billion pounds
  • 24 March 2016
  • Press release
• Amber Rudd’s speech on the energy benefits of staying in the EU
  • 24 March 2016
  • Speech
• Biggest ever investigation into energy market builds on what government is doing to keep bills down
  • 10 March 2016
  • News story
• Letter from the Secretary of State to Alex Chisholm, Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority
  • 09 March 2016
  • Correspondence
• UK government confirms £250 million City Deal for Aberdeen
  • 28 January 2016
  • Press release

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