Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Department
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 - Parliamentary Under Secretary 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: Shaun Davies (Labour - Telford)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in his Department was in each of the last three years.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The average length of paternity leave in days taken by staff in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) was 9.6 during 2023 and 9.8 during 2024.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) was established in February 2023. Data before this time is unavailable.
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to his Department was of Ministerial severance payments during each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero was created following a Machinery of Government change and the payroll entries were split from other Government Departments in September 2023. From the creation of the separate ledger for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero until 30 May 2024, there were no Ministerial severance payments made.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
For the financial year 2023/24 the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spent £7.6m on communications including payroll and advertising.
Correspondence Feb. 28 2024
Committee: Energy Security and Net Zero CommitteeFound: Correspondence from the Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero relating to the withdrawal
Oral Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Inquiry: Enabling sustainable electrification of the UK economyFound: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Ofgem Oral
Correspondence Mar. 04 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Correspondence from Jeremy Pocklington CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Energy Security & Net
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many positions in his Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost. Information on spending and staffing can be found in the Department's annual report and accounts.
The Department is committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion through its diversity networks.
Apr. 05 2024
Source Page: Report on the proposed Capacity Market Scheme by the Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroFound: Report on the proposed Capacity Market Scheme by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero