Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is a department of the government of the United Kingdom. The department was formed during a machinery of government change on 14 July 2016, following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister, through a merger between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Ministers. The Ministers in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are: In October 2016, Archie Norman was appointed as Lead Non Executive Board Member for the Department for Business , Energy and Industrial Strategy. Responsibilities. The department has responsibility for: While some functions of the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, in respect of higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and skills, were transferred to the Department for Education, in a statement May explained:The Department for Energy and Climate Change and the remaining functions of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have been merged to form a new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, bringing together responsibility for business, industrial strategy, and science and innovation with energy and climate change policy. The new department will be  responsible for helping to ensure that the economy grows strongly in all parts of the country, based on a robust industrial strategy. It will ensure that the UK has energy supplies that are reliable, affordable and clean; and it will make the most of the economic opportunities of new technologies, and support the UK’s global competitiveness more effectively. Research and innovation partnerships in low and middle-income countries. BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) spends part of the overseas aid budget on research and innovation through two major initiatives: The Newton Fund and the Global Challenges Research  Fund, or GCRF. Both funds aim to leverage the UK’s world-class research and innovation capacity to pioneer new ways to support economic development, social welfare and long-term sustainable and equitable growth in low and middle-income countries. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with partner countries to support their economic development and social welfare, and to develop their research and innovation capacity for long-term sustainable growth. The fund is managed by the UK’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and delivered through 7 UK delivery partners. Devolution. Some responsibilities extend to  England alone due to devolution, while others are reserved or excepted matters that therefore apply to the other countries of the United Kingdom as well. Reserved and excepted matters are outlined below. Scotland Reserved matters: The Economy Directorates of the Scottish Government handles devolved economic policy. Northern Ireland Reserved matters: Excepted matter: The department's main counterpart is: