Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism)

Organisations: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Responsibilities

The Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism is responsible for:

• Arts
• Creative industries
• Museums and cultural property
• Cultural diplomacy and soft power
• Tourism

Previous holders of this role

1. Sir Chris Bryant MP

   2024 to 2025

Announcements

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• Export Bar placed on Historic British Maritime Chart Collection
  • 11 August 2025
  • Press release
• UK Soft Power Council, April 2025: minutes
  • 16 May 2025
  • Policy paper
• Local heritage to be protected with £20 million of funding
  • 02 April 2025
  • Press release
• Family to be reunited with Nazi-looted artwork after eight decades
  • 29 March 2025
  • Press release
• Museums and libraries set to receive a share of over £30 million of funding to improve access to arts and culture
  • 25 March 2025
  • Press release
• £1.35 million funding boost to drive growth of visitor economy in North East and West Midlands
  • 21 March 2025
  • News story
• 16 new trustees appointed to the British Museum, Tate and V&A
  • 21 March 2025
  • Press release
• Minister Sir Chris Bryant speech at LEAD advertising conference
  • 06 February 2025
  • Speech
• Rare Anglo-Saxon Gold Panel at risk of leaving the UK
  • 24 January 2025
  • Press release
• £23 million government package to support restoration of thousands of listed places of worship
  • 22 January 2025
  • Press release

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