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The DTI is abolished and the energy sector is re-homed |
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Submitted: 28 June 2007 |
| With Gordon Brown’s accession to the office of Prime Minister, Downing Street has seen a week of frenzied change which has resulted in the DTI being done away with and the majority of its responsibilities – including energy - transferred to the new Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR). The REA received the following letter from the DTI’s energy group Director General Willy Rickett. Full details of the Cabinet reshuffle and a Written Ministerial Statement fro mthe Prime Minister can be found in the documnets below. |
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To all our energy stakeholders:
You will probably have seen the PM's announcement about his Cabinet and the formation of some new Whitehall Departments. This note is just to confirm that energy policy is now part of a new Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (DBERR) with its London HQ in 1 Victoria Street. Our Secretary of State is John Hutton. Decisions about junior Ministers will be announced tomorrow.
The new Department is largely made up of the former DTI. The Better Regulation Executive join us. The Office of Science and Innovation (OSI) will transfer to the new Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills. There will be a new Business Council for Britain, chaired by a senior business figure, to advise on how government can promote the long term health of the economy.
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The aim of the DBERR will be to create the conditions for business success. We will have an emphasis on building an enterprising economy by creating free and fair markets and by reforming regulation. The creation of the new Department, with the arrival of the BRE and the creation of the new Business Council, gives a new focus on these themes.
And they are important themes in Energy Group's work. For example, we want to create competitive energy markets and effective carbon markets. And we want to reform the planning system for energy developments. Securing reliable energy supplies and tackling climate change at least cost are crucial to business success. We will, of course, continue to work with DEFRA, FCO, and other departments on delivering the energy and climate change programmes.
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I attach a short statement about these and other Machinery of Government changes that has been laid before Parliament today. The structure of the Energy Group itself has not changed and remains as in the organogram I circulated last month. I will let you know as and when our email addresses change.
Willy Rickett
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| Full Changes to the Cabinet Ministers |
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070628FullCabinetChanges.pdf
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| Statement from the Prime Minister |
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PMStatementDBERR.doc
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