Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for
culture,
media and sport in
England. As well as responsibility for the creative industries and tourism. Culture and sport are devolved matters, with responsibility resting with corresponding ministers in the
Scottish Executive and
Welsh Assembly Government in
Scotland and
Wales.
Encyclopedia
The
Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for
culture,
media and sport in
England. As well as responsibility for the creative industries and tourism. Culture and sport are devolved matters, with responsibility resting with corresponding ministers in the
Scottish Executive and
Welsh Assembly Government in
Scotland and
Wales.
Ministers
DCMS is led by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, a cabinet position. Other ministers are the Minister for Culture, Minister for Sport and the Minister for Creative Industries and Tourism. The current Secretary of State is
Tessa Jowell and her ministers are David Lammy , Richard Caborn and Shaun Woodward .
Permanent Secretary
The Permanent Secretary is Dame Sue Street.
History & Responsibilities
Before 1997, DCMS was known as the
Department of National Heritage, which was in turn created out of various other departments in 1992. The former Ministers for the Arts and for sport had previous been located in other departments.
The DCMS was the co-ordinating department for the successful bid by London to host the 2012 Olympics and has the role of appointing the agencies to deliver the Games' infrastructure and programme. Following the 7th July 2005 London Bombings the department was given the responsibility of co-ordinating humanitarian support to the relatives of vicitims and to arrange memorial events.
Its four strategic priorities are children and young people, communities, delivery and economy. It is responsible for government policy in the following areas:
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Ministers in the DCMS are responsible for issuing export licenses for cultural artefacts in the UK to be sold abroad.
The DCMS manages the Government Art Collection.
The DCMS also has responsibility for the
Royal Parks Agency and the BBC. In addition to this, it funds various Non-Departmental Public Bodies :
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The main offices are at 2–4 Cockspur Street,
London, SW1Y 5DH as of 2005.
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