Ministry of Power (United Kingdom)




This article is about the British Ministry. For its Indian counterparts, see Ministry of Power (India).


























Ministry of Power
Department overview
Formed 11 June 1942
Preceding agencies

  • Board of Trade

  • Ministry of War Transport

  • Secretary for Petroleum

  • Secretary for Mines
Dissolved 6 October 1969
Superseding agency
  • Ministry of Technology
Jurisdiction United Kingdom

The Ministry of Power was a United Kingdom government ministry dealing with issues concerning energy.


The Ministry of Power (then named Ministry of Fuel and Power) was created on 11 June 1942 from functions separated from the Board of Trade. It took charge of coal production, allocation of fuel supplies, control of energy prices and petrol rationing. These had previously been dealt with by the Secretary for Mines and in the case of petroleum since 1940 by the Secretary for Petroleum. It also took over responsibility for electricity from the Ministry of War Transport and its predecessor the Ministry of Transport.


The Ministry of Fuel and Power was renamed the Ministry of Power in January 1957. The Ministry of Power later became part of the Ministry of Technology on 6 October 1969, which merged into the Department of Trade and Industry on 20 October 1970. The DTI later became the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory reform.


Those who worked at the Ministry include:




  • Arthur Boissier, Director of Public Relations (1943–1945) and formerly Headmaster of Harrow School.


  • Maurice Bridgeman, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Petroleum Division (1944–1946).

  • Sir Donald Fergusson, Permanent Secretary (1945–1952).


  • John Maud, later Lord Redcliffe-Maud, civil servant (1952–1958).


  • Harold Wilson, Director of Economics and Statistics (1943–1944) and later Prime Minister.


  • Malcolm Patrick Murray, Under Secretary in the Electricity Division (1946–1959).




Contents






  • 1 Ministers


    • 1.1 Ministers of Fuel and Power


    • 1.2 Ministers of Power




  • 2 Parliamentary Secretaries


  • 3 See also


  • 4 External links





Ministers



Ministers of Fuel and Power


























































Name
 Took office
 Left office
 Political party
 Notes


Gwilym Lloyd-George
 3 June 1942
 26 July 1945
 Liberal


Emanuel Shinwell
 3 August 1945
 7 October 1947
 Labour


Hugh Gaitskell
 7 October 1947
 28 February 1950
 Labour
 Office no longer in Cabinet


Philip Noel-Baker
 28 February 1950
 31 October 1951
 Labour


Geoffrey Lloyd
 31 October 1951
 20 December 1955
 Conservative


Aubrey Jones
 20 December 1955
 13 January 1957
 Conservative


Ministers of Power


































































Name
 Took office
 Left office
 Political party
 Notes


The Lord Mills
 13 January 1957
 14 October 1959
 Conservative


Richard Wood
 14 October 1959
 20 October 1963
 Conservative
 Office not in Cabinet


Frederick Erroll
 20 October 1963
Conservative
 Office back in Cabinet


Fred Lee
 18 October 1964
 6 April 1966
 Labour


Richard Marsh
 6 April 1966
 6 April 1968
 Labour


Ray Gunter
 6 April 1968
 1 July 1968
 Labour


Roy Mason
 1 July 1968
 6 October 1969
 Labour
 Office abolished: Amalgamated with Ministry of Technology


Parliamentary Secretaries


















































































































































Name
 Took office
 Left office
 Party
 Notes


Geoffrey Lloyd
 3 June 1942
 23 May 1945
 Conservative
 Jointly


Tom Smith
 3 June 1942
 23 May 1945
 Labour
 Jointly


Sir Austin Hudson, Bt
 26 May 1945
 26 July 1945
 Conservative


William Foster
 4 August 1945
 10 May 1946
 Labour


Hugh Gaitskell
 10 May 1946
 7 October 1947
 Labour


Alfred Robens
 7 October 1947
 26 April 1951
 Labour


Harold Neal
 26 April 1951
 31 October 1951
 Labour


Lancelot Joynson-Hicks
 5 November 1951
 20 December 1955
 Conservative


David Lockhart-Mure Renton
 20 December 1955
Conservative


David Renton
 18 January 1957
 17 January 1958
 Conservative
 To Ministry of Power


Sir Ian Horobin
 17 January 1958
 22 October 1959
 Conservative


John George
 22 October 1959
 25 June 1962
 Conservative


John Peyton
 25 June 1962
 18 October 1964
 Conservative


John Morris
 21 October 1964
 10 January 1966
 Labour


Lord Lindgren
 10 January 1966
 6 April 1966
 Labour


Jeremy Bray
 6 April 1966
 7 January 1967
 Labour


Reginald Freeson
 7 January 1967
 6 October 1969
 Labour
 Office abolished


See also


  • Department of Energy (United Kingdom)


External links







  • History of the Department of Energy


  • H. W. Grimmitt, Ministry of Fuel and Power portrait at the National Portrait Gallery, London









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