Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had discussions with (i) the Green Finance Institute and (ii) Lisbet Rausing since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Published declarations include the purpose of the meeting and the names of any additional external organisations or individuals in attendance.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) direct ministerial and (b) other public appointments to his Department and associated bodies have (i) been (A) removed from their posts and (B) asked to resign and (ii) made since 4 July 2024.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The following appointments have been made by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since 4 July 2024:
Direct ministerial:
Clean Power 2030 Commission – 8 commissioners
Great British Energy – Start-up Chair
Great British Nuclear – one interim non-executive director
Other appointments:
National Energy System Operator – Chair
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – one non-executive board member
Nuclear Liabilities Fund Limited – Trustee Director and Chair of Audit Committee
No one has been removed from their post or asked to resign by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since 4 July 2024.
Details of appointments can be found in the annual report and accounts of individual bodies or on GOV.UK.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero,how many people have been appointed to civil service positions without open competition in his Department since 4 July 2024; what their (a) job titles and (b) salary bands are; and on what basis each was appointed
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
All recruitment into the Civil Service is governed by the CSC Recruitment Principles 2018.
The recruitment principles are for departments to implement and set out how recruitment needs to be conducted, along with the exceptions that departments can apply to these principles. In the latest year for which data is available (year ending March 2023) around 9,000 people were hired through the different Exception routes across the civil service.
Exceptions typically involve bringing in relevant skills into the department for a time limited period, and initiatives to increase the diversity of the department. These are long established routes to bring talent, potential and expertise into the department.
In total, 24 people have been appointed to civil service positions in DESNZ through Exception routes since 4 July 2024. We are unable to provide job titles and salary bands as this could lead to individuals being identified due to the numbers being sufficiently low when broken down into these categories.