Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade
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Old Admiralty Building, Westminster
Department overview
Formed7 February 2023
Preceding agencies
TypeUK Government Department
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersOld Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, SW1A 2DY
Secretary of State responsible
Department executives
  • Gareth Davies, Permanent Secretary
  • Crawford Falconer, Second Permanent Secretary
    • David Bickerton
    • Amanda Brooks
    • Joanna Crellin
    • Caleb Deeks
    • Beatrice Kilroy-Nolan
    • Gavin Lambert
    • Andrew Mitchell
    • Bidesh Sarkar (interim)
    • Ceri Smith
    , (Directors General)
Child agencies
Websitegov.uk/dbt

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT)[1] is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It was established on 7 February 2023 by a cabinet reshuffle under the Rishi Sunak premiership. The new department absorbed the functions of the former Department for International Trade and some of the functions of the former Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.

The department is headed by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, assisted by a number of junior ministers. The incumbent is Jonathan Reynolds.

  1. ^ "Compensation scheme for Group Litigation Order case postmasters: privacy notice - GOV.UK". gov.uk. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.