Ministerial role

Minister for Sport & Equalities

Organisations: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Responsibilities

The Minister for Sport and Equalities is responsible for the following policy areas at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport:

• sport
• Olympic and Paralympic legacy
• gambling and licensing
• National Lottery
• same sex marriage
• Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
• equality legislation (including litigation and cases)
• working with other government departments on violence against women and girls
• tourism (including GREAT campaign)

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Hugh Robertson

   2010 to 2013

Announcements

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• Sports Minister visits Yorkshire for Grand Départ update
  • 24 September 2013
  • News story
• Manchester to host Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games
  • 15 September 2013
  • News story
• July's overseas visitor spend hits record level of £2.52 billion
  • 12 September 2013
  • News story
• British athletes set to benefit from cutting edge technology
  • 22 August 2013
  • News story
• UK tourism sector boosted by latest spend and visitor statistics
  • 15 August 2013
  • News story
• Sally Balcombe, Ian McCaig and Steve Ridgway appointed as Board Members of VisitBritain
  • 05 August 2013
  • News story
• £10m government funding for 2014 Tour de France
  • 25 July 2013
  • News story
• London 2012 public sector funding package £528m under budget
  • 16 July 2013
  • Press release
• Hugh Robertson's letter to Local Authorities 18 June 2013
  • 20 June 2013
  • Correspondence
• ‘Sport has the power to change lives’
  • 06 June 2013
  • Press release

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