Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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 1, Victoria Street, London |
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| Formed | 14 July 2016 |
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| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | 1, Victoria Street, London |
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| Website | Official website |
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is a government department created by Theresa May on 14 July 2016 following her appointment of Prime Minister, created as a result of a merger between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
BEIS will bring together responsibility for business, industrial strategy, and science and innovation with energy and climate change policy, merging the functions of the former BIS and DECC.
The Ministers in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are as follows:
The department is responsible for UK Government policy in the following areas:
Some policies apply to England alone due to devolution, while others are not devolved and therefore apply to other nations of the United Kingdom.
Economic policy is mostly devolved but several important policy areas are reserved to Westminster. Reserved and excepted matters are outlined below.
Scotland
Reserved matters:
The Scottish Government Economy Directorate handles devolved economic policy.
Northern Ireland
Reserved matters:
Excepted matter:Nuclear energy is excepted.
The department's main counterpart is:
Wales Under the Welsh devolution settlement, specific policy areas are transferred to the Welsh Government rather than reserved to Westminster.
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