Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Affordability and Skills) and Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)

Amanda Solloway MP

Biography

Amanda Solloway was appointed Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) on 20 September 2022. She was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Consumers and Affordability) at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on 7 February 2023.

She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office between 8 July 2022 and 20 September 2022.

She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy between 14 February 2020 and 8 July 2022.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Affordability and Skills)

The minister is responsible for:

  • energy affordability
  • energy bill support schemes
  • fuel poverty
  • Ofgem (shared with the Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
  • skills, jobs and education
  • science and innovation 
  • ministerial disability champion

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)

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