Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
ibotu020 	ibotu020 	 	 	
since 15th November 2020 	since 15th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Cabinet position 	 	 	
Style 	The Right HonourableBusiness Secretary 	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	Syntax 	 	 	
Number of Business Secretaries 	28 	 	 	
The Business Secretary, known in full as the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is an official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The office is a cabinet-level position. The position of Business Secretary is currently held by ibotu020, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister, Saracen's Fez on 15th November 2020.
The Business Secretary has no set responsibilities as different Governments give the role different priorities. However, the Business Secretary is usually responsible for business regulation, company law, consumer affairs, export licensing, insolvency, science, trade and training.
The Business Secretary often works closely with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Education due to the overlap between their respective roles.
== Statements of Intent and Departmental Reviews ==
Business Secretaries have produced the following statements of intent and departmental reviews:
Type 	Business Secretary	Released 	Result
Statement of Intent	cranbrook_aspie 	April 2016	Failed
Statement of Intent	Lime-man 	June 2016 	Passed without vote
== List of Business Secretaries ==
Syntax was appointed as the first Business Secretary for the Liberal Democrats following the second general election and since him, there have been 27 other Business Secretaries:
Business Secretary 	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
Syntax 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Liberal 	December 2005 	May 2006
psychic_satori 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Conservative 	June 2006 	November 2006
Roger Kirk 	Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 	 	Labour 	December 2007 	March 2008
sohanshah 	Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 	 	Labour 	March 2008 	May 2008
Musty_Elbow 	Secretary of State for Business and Innovation 	 	Conservative 	May 2010 	October 2010
chiggy321 	Secretary of State for Business Affairs 	 	Conservative 	November 2010 	March 2011
spidergareth 	Secretary of State for Business and Innovation 	 	Centre 	April 2011 	October 2011
Mr.Messy 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Labour 	October 2011 	March 2012
Tactical Nuclear Penguin 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Work 	 	UKIP 	April 2013 	August 2013
EsomR 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Work 	 	Conservative 	September 2013	March 2014
PhysicsKid 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Work 	 	Green 	April 2014 	October 2014
Green_Pink (Saoirse dupe)	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Liberal 	October 2014 	February 2015
PetrosAC 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Liberal 	February 2015 	August 2015
United1892 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Lifelong Learning (November 2016 - December 2016)	 	Labour 	October 2015 	December 2015
cranbrook_aspie 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Lifelong Learning 	 	Labour 	December 2015 	April 2016
PetrosAC 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Liberal 	April 2016 	May 2016
TeeEff 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Conservative 	May 2016 	June 2016
Lime-man 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Conservative 	June 2016 	August 2016
cBay 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Socialist 	November 2016 	December 2016
Aph 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Socialist 	December 2016 	May 2017
cranbrook_aspie 	Secretary of State for the Economy, Trade and Industry 	 	Socialist 	June 2017 	November 2017
mr T 999 	Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy 	 	UKIP 	December 2017 	March 2018
LibertarianMP 	 	 	Libertarian 	March 2018 	June 2018
Tanqueray91 	Secretary of State for Industrial Strategy 	 	Conservative 	June 2018 	December 2018
Koalifications 	Secretary of State for Industrial Strategy and Sustainability 	 	Conservative 	December 2018 	July 2019
Samuel J. Booker 	Secretary of State for Infrastructure 	 	Labour 	July 2019 	September 2019
Mainline421 	Secretary of State for Infrastructure 	 	Liberal Democrat	September 2019	December 2019
Tanqueray91 	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 	 	Conservative 	May 2020 	November 2020
ibotu020 	 	 	Labour 	November 2020 	Incumbent
Category:Cabinet positions