Ministerial role
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Current role holder:
The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP
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:
- Arts and Culture
- Broadcasting
- Creative industries
- Creative Industries Council
- Cultural property, heritage and the historic environment
- Cultural Renewal Taskforce
- Culture, sports and arts sector recovery from COVID-19
- Gambling and racing
- Libraries
- Media ownership and mergers
- Museums and galleries
- The National Lottery
- Sport
- Telecommunications and online
- Tourism
Current role holder
The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP
Oliver Dowden CBE was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 13 February 2020.
He was previously Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 24 July 2019 to 13 February 2020, and Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office from 9 January 2018 to 24 July 2019.
He was elected Conservative MP for Hertsmere in May 2015.
Previous holders of this role
-
The Rt Hon Baroness Nicky Morgan
2019 to 2020
-
The Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP
2018 to 2019
-
The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
2018 to 2018
-
The Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP
2017 to 2018
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Tailored Review of Historic England
- New telecoms security law to protect UK from cyber threats
- Culture Secretary announces return of fans to elite sports events and reopening of grassroots sport from 2 December
- Culture Recovery Fund will bring Blackpool Tower Ballroom back to former glory
- Government announces £300 million Sport Winter Survival Package to help spectator sports in England
- 30 creative teams awarded up to £100,000 each for Festival UK* 2022 R&D project
- Coronavirus Community Support Fund awarded to 8,250 charities
- Extra Bank Holiday to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022
- Headline Findings from the 2020 Community Life Recontact Survey
- Negotiations on the future cost of the TV licence kick off