United Kingdom Minister of State for Industry and Economic Security
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Nusrat Ghani since 21 November 2022
Department for Business and Trade
Style	The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Minister of State
Member of	His Majesty's Government
Reports to	Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary	£115,824 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2]

The minister of state for industry and economic security is a mid-level role in the Department of Business and Trade of His Majesty's Government. It has been held by Nus Ghani since 2022.

Responsibilities

Current responsibilities of the Minister of State for Industry and Economic Security include:^[3]

• advanced manufacturing
• automotive
• aerospace
• sustainability and Infrastructure
• steel
• materials
• maritime and shipbuilding
• professional and business services
• Canada and Mexico FTAs
• economic security
• sanctions
• Ukraine reconstruction
• global supply chains
• critical minerals
• trade defence
• Industrial Development Advisory Board (IDAB)
• Export Control Joint Unit

List of Ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Ministry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Energy
	Jesse Norman		18 July 2016	14 June 2017		May (I)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry
	Richard Harrington		14 June 2017	25 March 2019		May (II)
	Andrew Stephenson		4 April 2019	25 July 2019
	Nadhim Zahawi		25 July 2019	15 September 2021		Johnson (I)
						Johnson (II)
	Lee Rowley		17 September 2021	6 July 2022
Minister of State for Industry
	Jackie Doyle-Price		7 September 2022	27 October 2022		Truss
Minister of State for Industry and Investment Security
	Nus Ghani		27 October 2022	7 February 2023		Sunak
Minister of State for Industry and Economic Security Also Minister of State for the Investment Security Unit
	Nus Ghani		7 February 2023	Incumbent		Sunak

Minister of State for the Investment Security Unit

United Kingdom Minister of State for the Investment Security Unit
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Nusrat Ghani since 7 February 2023
Cabinet Office
Style	The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Minister of State
Member of	His Majesty's Government
Reports to	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary	£115,824 per annum (2022)[4] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2]

Following the reorganisation of government departments in February 2023 the Minister in charge of the Investment Security Unit was moved from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Cabinet Office.^[3]

The Investment Security Unit is responsible for identifying, addressing and mitigating national security risks to the UK arising when a person gains control of a qualifying asset or qualifying entity as set out in the National Security and Investment Act.^[3]

Since the role's inception on 7 February 2023, it has been held by Nus Ghani.