Ministry of Fuel and Power

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The Ministry of Fuel and Power was a former UK government department responsible for overseeing and regulating the nation’s energy resources, particularly coal, during and after the Second World War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ministry of Fuel and Power canonical 9
UK Ministry of Power 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former United Kingdom government department ⓘ
appliesToPeriod Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

post-Second World War era ⓘ
archivesAt The National Archives (United Kingdom) ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganisation of UK energy departments ⓘ
dissolved 1957 ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMainTask control fuel prices and rationing ⓘ
coordinate coal production and distribution ⓘ
ensure adequate fuel supplies during wartime ⓘ
oversee and regulate national energy resources ⓘ
plan post-war energy policy ⓘ
hasMinisterialPost Minister of Fuel and Power ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
historicalContext post-war reconstruction in the United Kingdom ⓘ
wartime economic control ⓘ
inception 1942 ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
legislativeArea coal nationalisation ⓘ
energy conservation measures ⓘ
fuel rationing regulations ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Aubrey Jones ⓘ
David Eccles ⓘ
Emanuel Shinwell ⓘ
Geoffrey Lloyd ⓘ
Hugh Dalton ⓘ
oversaw National Coal Board (policy relationship) ⓘ
linked to: National Coal Board

coal mining industry in the United Kingdom ⓘ
electricity generation policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
fuel rationing schemes in the United Kingdom ⓘ
gas industry policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf UK central government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
precededBy wartime ad hoc fuel control bodies ⓘ
replaced Petroleum Department of the Board of Trade ⓘ
Secretary for Mines ⓘ
replacedBy Ministry of Power ⓘ
responsibleFor coal industry regulation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
electricity supply policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
energy policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
fuel supply in the United Kingdom ⓘ
gas supply policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
petroleum products supply in the United Kingdom ⓘ
sector coal ⓘ
electricity ⓘ
energy ⓘ
gas ⓘ
mining ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ
subordinateTo Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 → implementedBy → Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ
Electricity Act 1947 → implementedBy → Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ
Bevin Boys → supervisedBy → Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ
National Coal Board → parentOrganization → Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ
British Electricity Authority → parentOrganization → Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ
Gas Council → parentOrganization → Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ
Central Electricity Generating Board → parentOrganization → UK Ministry of Power ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Fuel and Power
British Steel Corporation → parentOrganization → UK Ministry of Power ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Fuel and Power
Ministry of Power → formedFrom → Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ
Petroleum Department of the Board of Trade → dissolvedInto → Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ
Petroleum Department of the Board of Trade → successor → Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ