Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Responsibilities
The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the department and management of the UK transition for the department.
Responsibilities include:
- Overall departmental strategy
- Appointments and honours
Current role holder
The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP
Michelle Donelan was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 6 September 2022.
She was previously appointed Secretary of State for Education from 5 July 2022 to 7 July 2022.
She was Minister of State for Higher and Further Education from 15 September 2021 to July 2022.
She was also previously Minister for Universities at the Department for Education from 13 February 2020.
She was previously Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 29 July 2019 to 13 February 2020.
She was also an unpaid Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education covering the maternity leave of Kemi Badenoch MP from 4 September 2019 to 13 February 2020.
(Photo source UK Parliament website. Used under Creative Commons).
Previous holders of this role
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The Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP
2021 to 2022
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The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP
2020 to 2021
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The Rt Hon Baroness Nicky Morgan
2019 to 2020
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The Rt Hon Jeremy Wright KC MP
2018 to 2019
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The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
2018 to 2018
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The Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP
2017 to 2018
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Put your Online Safety Bill questions to Secretary of State Michelle Donelan
- Gail Boyle reappointed to the Treasure Valuation Committee
- Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan's speech at Bloomberg
- Major broadband rollout for Cornwall with £36 million awarded to Wildanet to connect thousands of rural premises
- Channel 4 to remain publicly owned with reforms to boost its sustainability and commercial freedom
- DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2022: Business Demographics
- DCMS sector economic estimates 2021: employment 2019 to June 2021
- Michelle Donelan writes to parents, setting out how the Online Safety Bill will keep children safe.
- Michelle Donelan writes to parents, setting out how the Online Safety Bill will keep children safe
- UK to accelerate research on 5G and 6G technology as part of £110 million telecoms R and D package