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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 6 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)^[1].

Ministers for BIS

Ministers as of June 9, 2009 ^[2]

• Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills - The Rt Hon. The Lord Mandelson PC^[3]
  • Minister of State for Business, Innovation and Skills - The Rt Hon. Pat McFadden MP (also attends the cabinet)
  • Minister of State for Science and Innovation - The Rt Hon The Lord Drayson (also attends the cabinet - jointly with MOD)
  • Minister of State for Regional Economic Development and Co-ordination - The Rt Hon. Rosie Winterton MP (attends cabinet when responsibility is on the agenda - jointly with DCLG)
  • Minister of State for Higher Education and Intellectual Property - The Rt Hon. David Lammy MP
  • Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Small Business - The Rt Hon. The Lord Davies of Abersoch (jointly with FCO)
  • Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs - Kevin Brennan MP (jointly with DCSF)
    • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Digital Britain - The Rt Hon. Stephen Timms MP
    • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Regulatory Reform - Ian Lucas MP
    • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Postal Affairs and Employment Relations - The Rt Hon. The Lord Young
• The department is also home to The Rt Hon. The Lord Sugar, the Government's Enterprise Champion.

Shadow Secretaries

The Conservative Party's Shadow Secretary of State is Kenneth Clarke MP.^[4] The Liberal Democrat spokesman is John Thurso MP.^[5]

References

External links

• Official Website

Percursor Departments:

• Department for Business and Regulatory Reform
• Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom Ministerial departments Attorney General's Office · Cabinet Office · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills · Department for Children, Schools and Families · Department for Communities and Local Government · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Department of Energy and Climate Change · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Department for International Development · Department for Transport · Department for Work and Pensions · Department of Health · Foreign and Commonwealth Office · Government Equalities Office · Her Majesty's Treasury · Home Office · Ministry of Defence · Ministry of Justice · Northern Ireland Office · Office of the Advocate General for Scotland · Office of the Leader of the House of Commons · Office of the Leader of the House of Lords · Scotland Office · Wales Office Non-ministerial departments Central Office of Information · Charity Commission for England and Wales · Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt · Crown Estate · Crown Prosecution Service · Export Credits Guarantee Department · Food Standards Agency · Forestry Commission · Government Actuary's Department · Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs · National School of Government · Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills · Office of Fair Trading · Office of Gas and Electricity Markets · Office of Rail Regulation · Office of the Parliamentary Counsel · Postal Services Commission · Public Works Loan Board · Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office · Serious Fraud Office · Treasury Solicitor's Department · UK Statistics Authority · UK Trade & Investment · Water Services Regulation Authority