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Ministerial Portfolios at a Glance

Rt. Hon. Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform

  • Holds overall responsibility for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and its policies.


Pat McFadden MP, Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs

  • Employment Relations
  • ACAS
  • Postal policy: Post Office and Royal Mail
  • Insolvency Service (including companies investigations)
  • Skills
  • Strengthening regional economies (including SfIE)
  • Olympic legacy
  • Transformational government

 

Gareth Thomas MP, Minister for Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs (jointly with DfID)

  • Trade policy (a shared BERR/DfID responsibility)
  • UK Trade & Investment (reporting jointly to the Business Secretary and the Foreign Secretary)
  • EU competitiveness and the Single Market
  • Services Directive
  • Consumer affairs
  • Competition issues


Shiriti Vadera, Minister for Competitiveness and Small Business (jointly with Cabinet Office)

  • Competitiveness, enterprise, growth & business investment
  • Small business
  • Business Council for Britain
  • General oversight of Shareholder Executive and its portfolios

 

Steven Carter CBE, Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting

  • communications and content industries
  • electronics and IT services
  • creative industries
  • Better Regulation Executive, including regulatory budgets
  • Better regulation within BERR

 

Ian Pearson MP, Economic and Business Minister (jointly with HM Treasury)

  • Business sectors: aerospace, marine and defence; automotive; bioscience and pharmaceuticals; chemicals; construction; environmental industries; manufacturing, materials and engineering; retail and services
  • Sustainable development and regulation, including waste electrical and electronic equipment issues
  • Business support simplification
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Corporate governance, Companies Act implementation and Companies House
  • Export control
  • Export Credits Guarantee Department