# Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

The Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is a mid-level position in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in the Government of the United Kingdom.
The role used to be part of the portfolio belonging to the secretary of state and minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Until 2023, the minister worked at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

## History

The role was formerly known as Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in January 2021.
Greg Hands replaced Trevelyan at the 2021 British cabinet reshuffle.

## Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following:
* carbon budgets
* green finance
* energy efficiency and heat, including fuel poverty
* clean heat
* low carbon generation
* energy retail markets
* oil and gas, including shale gas
* security of supply
* electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks
* international energy
* EU energy and climate
* energy security, including resilience and emergency planning

## List of ministers of state

| Minister of State | Minister of State | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister |
| Minister of State for Energy and e-Commerce ||||||||
| | Mike O'Brien | 10 September 2004 | 11 May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair |
| Minister of State for Energy ||||||||
| | Malcolm Wicks | 11 May 2005 | 10 November 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair |
| | The Lord Truscott | 10 November 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Tony Blair |
| | Malcolm Wicks | 28 June 2007 | 5 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown |
| Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change ||||||||
| | Mike O'Brien | 5 October 2008 | 8 June 2009 | Labour | Gordon Brown |
| | Joan Ruddock | 8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown |
| | Charles Hendry | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron |
| Minister of State for Energy ||||||||
| | John Hayes | 4 September 2012 | 28 March 2013 | Conservative | David Cameron |
| | Michael Fallon | 28 March 2013 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | David Cameron |
| | Matt Hancock | 15 July 2014 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | David Cameron |
| | Andrea Leadsom | 11 May 2015 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron |
| Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property ||||||||
| | The Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 17 July 2016 | 21 December 2016 | Conservative | Theresa May |
| Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry ||||||||
| | Nick Hurd | 17 July 2016 | 12 June 2017 | Conservative | Theresa May |
| | Claire Perry | 12 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | Theresa May |
| Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth ||||||||
| | Claire Perry | 9 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | Conservative | Theresa May |
| Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth ||||||||
| | Kwasi Kwarteng | 24 July 2019 | 8 January 2021 | Conservative | Boris Johnson |
| | Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 8 January 2021 | 15 September 2021 | Conservative | Boris Johnson |
| | Greg Hands | 16 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson |
| Minister of State for Climate Sept to Oct 2022 Minister of State for Energy and Climate Oct 2022 to Feb 2023 |||||||
| | Graham Stuart | 6 September 2022 | 7 February 2023 | Conservative | Liz Truss |
| Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero ||||||||
| | Graham Stuart | 7 February 2023 | 12 April 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak |
| | Justin Tomlinson | 12 April 2024 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak |
| | The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |