Ministerial role
Minister of State (Minister for Media and Data)
Organisations:
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Responsibilities
- Media
- Gambling and Lotteries
- Overall EU and international strategy including approach to future trade deals
- Overall approach to Union policy issues
- Data and the National Archives
- Public appointments
- Lead Legislation Minister
- Overview of corporate areas within the Department
Previous holders of this role
-
The Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP
2020 to 2021
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Consultation on national commercial digital radio multiplex licences
- New rules to protect ‘distinctively British’ public service broadcasting
- John Whittingdale's speech to the RTS Cambridge Convention 2021
- Consultation on the renewal of digital terrestrial television (DTT) multiplex licences expiring in 2022 and 2026
- Future of channels such as ITV2 and Dave secured as Freeview licences renewed for another decade
- UK seeks election to UN telecoms agency’s council
- Government submits first report to UNESCO detailing Hague Convention obligations
- Government increases licence fees for gambling operators
- Government appoints Malcolm Sheehan QC to lead independent review into regulation of Football Index
- National Data Strategy Forum launched to help UK become “the world’s number one data destination”