Ministerial role

Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

Organisations: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Office for Civil Society

Responsibilities

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

The department’s main policy areas are:

  • arts and culture
  • broadcasting
  • creative industries
  • cultural property, heritage and the historic environment
  • gambling and racing
  • libraries
  • media ownership and mergers
  • museums and galleries
  • the National Lottery
  • sport
  • telecommunications and online
  • tourism

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP

    2010 to 2012