Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Ministerial department of the UK Government

Department for Culture, Media and SportWelsh: Adran Diwylliant, Cyfryngau a Chwaraeon

100 Parliament Street – occupied by DCMS on the fourth and fifth floors
Department overview
Formed| 1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Preceding Department|

* Department for National Heritage

Jurisdiction| Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters| 100 Parliament Street,
London SW1A 2BQ,
England
Employees| 3,020 [1]
Annual budget| £1.4 billion (current) & £1.3 billion (capital) for 2011–12[2]
Secretary of State responsible|

* The Rt Hon. Lucy Frazer KC MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Department executives|

* Susannah Storey, Permanent Secretary
* Sam Lister, Director General
* Polly Payne and Ruth Hannant (job share), Director General
* Jacinda Humphry, Finance Director
* Professor Tom Crick, Chief Scientific Adviser

Website| gov.uk/dcms

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a department of His Majesty's Government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the UK, such as broadcasting. Its main offices are at 100 Parliament Street, occupying part of the building known as Government Offices Great George Street.

It also has responsibility for the tourism, leisure and creative industries (some jointly with the Department for Business and Trade). The department was also responsible for the delivery of the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

From 2017 to 2023, the department had responsibility for the building of a digital economy and the internet and was known as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.[3] The responsibilities for digital policy were transferred to the newly created Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in the February 2023 cabinet reshuffle.

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DCMS originates from the Department of National Heritage (DNH), which itself was created on 11 April 1992 out of various other departments, soon after the Conservative election victory. The former ministers for the Arts and for Sport had previously been located in other departments.

DNH was renamed as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on 14 July 1997, under the premiership of Tony Blair. It was renamed to Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 3 July 2017, staying DCMS under the premiership of Theresa May to reflect the department's increased activity in the digital sector.[4] The department was renamed back to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in February 2023, with responsibility for digital moving to the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

### 2012 Olympics[edit]

DCMS was the co-ordinating department for the successful bid by London to host the 2012 Olympics and appointed and oversees the agencies delivering the Games' infrastructure and programme, principally the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and LOCOG.

The June 2007 Cabinet reshuffle led to Tessa Jowell MP taking on the role of Paymaster General and then Minister for the Cabinet Office while remaining Minister for the Olympics. Ministerial responsibility for the Olympics was shared with Ms Jowell in the Cabinet Office, but the staff of the Government Olympic Executive (GOE) remained based in DCMS.

### 2010–present[edit]

Following the 2010 general election, ministerial responsibility for the Olympics returned to the Secretary of State. Although Jeremy Hunt's full title was Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, the department's name remained unchanged. On 4 September 2012, Hunt was appointed Health Secretary in a cabinet reshuffle and replaced by Maria Miller. Maria Miller later resigned due to controversy over her expenses. Her replacement was announced later that day as Sajid Javid.

After the 2015 general election, John Whittingdale was appointed as Secretary of State, tasked with initiating the BBC Charter review process. DCMS received full responsibility for the digital economy policy, formerly jointly held with BIS, and sponsorship of the Information Commissioner's Office from the Ministry of Justice.

Whittingdale was replaced by Karen Bradley after the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU in July 2016. The Office for Civil Society moved from the Cabinet Office to DCMS as part of the same reshuffle.

In January 2018, Matthew Hancock, previous Minister of State for Digital, was appointed Secretary of State as part of a Cabinet reshuffle. In the 9 July 2018 reshuffle, Jeremy Wright became the Secretary of State. Nicky Morgan became Secretary of State in July 2019; she stood down as an MP at the 2019 United Kingdom general election but was ennobled as Baroness Morgan of Cotes and retained her position from within the House of Lords. As part of the 13 February 2020 reshuffle, Oliver Dowden MP was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Nadine Dorries succeeded on 15 September 2021. In July 2022, Dorries personally granted Grade II-listed status to a plaque of Cecil Rhodes which she believed is of "special historic interest".[5] This decision attracted controversy. On 5 September 2022, in anticipation of the appointment of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, Dorries tendered her resignation as culture secretary.

#### Policy areas[edit]

It is responsible for government policy in the following areas:

* The arts
* Broadcasting, including the BBC and Channel 4
* Civil society
* Charities
* Creative industries
* Advertising
* Arts market
* Design
* Fashion
* Film
* Music industry
* Publishing
* Historic environment
* Architecture and design
* Cultural property and heritage
* Entertainment licensing
* Gambling and racing
* Press freedom and regulation
* Libraries
* Museums and galleries
* The National Lottery
* Tourism
* Sport
* Olympic legacy

##### Other responsibilities[edit]

Other responsibilities of DCMS include listing of historic buildings, scheduling of ancient monuments, export licensing of cultural goods, and management of the Government Art Collection (GAC).

The Secretary of State has responsibility for the maintenance of the land and buildings making up the historic Royal Estate under the Crown Lands Act 1851. These inherited functions, which were once centralised in the Office of Works, are now delivered as follows:

* The Royal Parks are maintained by an executive agency within DCMS, the Royal Parks Agency;
* The unoccupied royal palaces in England are managed by a contract with Historic Royal Palaces;
* Maintenance of the occupied royal palaces in England was funded by an annual grant-in-aid to the Royal Household until 31 March 2012. The Secretary of State for Culture retains legal responsibility for these palaces, but from 1 April 2012 this funding was amalgamated with the Civil List into a single Sovereign Grant administered by HM Treasury. DCMS continues to make a separate small grant to the Royal Household for the maintenance of Marlborough House

The department also has responsibility for state ceremonial occasions and royal funerals. However, responsibility for the Civil List element of head-of-state expenditure and income from the separate Crown Estate remains with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

DCMS works jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) on design issues, including sponsorship of the Design Council, and on relations with the computer games and publishing industries.

DCMS works with local community system providers in broadcasting service via TV and Internet channels. In September 2022, it managed to hold a home office visit activity for media and data security knowledge sharing across different government departments.

DCMS organises the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Cenotaph and has responsibility for providing humanitarian assistance in the event of a disaster. In the government's response to the 7 July 2005 London bombings the department coordinated humanitarian support to the relatives of victims and arranged the memorial events.

DCMS has also supported cyber initiatives[6] such as Cyber Discovery and the UK Cyber Security Forum[7] to support innovation in the cyber industry.

## Ministers[edit]

The DCMS ministers are as follows, with cabinet ministers in bold:[8]

Minister  | Portrait  | Office  | Portfolio

|
|
|

The Rt Hon. Lucy Frazer KC MP |  | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the department and management of the UK transition for the department.
Julia Lopez MP |  | Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries | Telecoms and Digital Infrastructure; Data Policy and Reform; CDEI; Cyber Security and Digital Identity; Corporate; Media; Creative Industries; Radio Advertising and Press.
The Rt Hon. Stuart Andrew MP |  | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society | Sport, including major events; Tourism; Civil Society; Ceremonials, including the Coronation; Eurovision; Unboxed.
The Rt Hon. Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay |  | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage | Arts and Libraries; Museums; Heritage; Cultural Diplomacy; The National Archives; DCMS business in the Lords.

On 7 February 2023 it was announced that the Department's Permanent Secretary role would be performed on an interim basis by Ruth Hannant and Polly Payne (job share).[9]

## Bodies sponsored by DCMS[edit]

The DCMS has policy responsibility for three statutory corporations and two public broadcasting authorities. These bodies and their operation are largely independent of government policy influence.

### Non-ministerial departments[edit]

DCMS works with two non-ministerial departments:

* The National Archives
* Charity Commission for England and Wales

### Statutory corporations[edit]

The statutory corporations are:

* Channel Four Television Corporation
* Historic Royal Palaces
* Office of Communications (Ofcom)

The department was responsible for the Horserace Totalisator Board (The Tote) until the sale of the Tote's business to Betfred in July 2011.

### Public corporations[edit]

The public corporations are:

* British Broadcasting Corporation
* Sianel Pedwar Cymru – and the S4C Authority which regulates and manages S4C

### Non-departmental public bodies[edit]

The DCMS sponsors the following executive non-departmental public bodies including a number of museums and galleries:

* Arts Council England
* British Film Institute
* British Library
* British Museum
* Equality and Human Rights Commission
* Gambling Commission
* Museum of the Home (formerly the Geffrye Museum)
* Historic England (separated from English Heritage in 2015, formally the Historic Buildings & Monuments Commission for England)
* Horniman Museum
* Horserace Betting Levy Board
* Imperial War Museum
* National Gallery
* National Heritage Memorial Fund (the Trustees of the NHMF also administer the Heritage Lottery Fund)
* National Maritime Museum
* National Museums Liverpool
* National Portrait Gallery
* Natural History Museum
* Royal Armouries
* Science Museum Group
* Sir John Soane's Museum
* Sport England (formally the English Sports Council)
* Sports Grounds Safety Authority
* Tate
* UK Anti-Doping
* UK Sport (formally the UK Sports Council)
* Victoria and Albert Museum
* VisitBritain (formally the British Tourist Authority)
* VisitEngland
* Wallace Collection

The DCMS sponsors the following advisory non-departmental public bodies:

* Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
* Theatres Trust
* Treasure Valuation Committee

DCMS also has responsibility for two other bodies classified by the Office for National Statistics[10] as being within the central government sector:

* The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) is a company limited by guarantee, established by a joint venture agreement between the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the Mayor of London and the British Olympic Association.
* Churches Conservation Trust

DCMS is also the major financial sponsor of the following bodies, which are not classed as part of the UK central government

* Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
* Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College for the Old Royal Naval College
* Tyne and Wear Museums

Sponsorship of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) transferred to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in June 2007. The Museum of London transferred to the Greater London Authority from 1 April 2008.

DCMS formerly sponsored eight Regional Cultural Consortiums with NDPB status. In July 2008, DCMS announced that the consortiums would be phased out over a twelve-month period and replaced by a new alliance of the regional teams of Arts Council England, Sport England, English Heritage and the MLA.

## Devolution[edit]

Culture, sport and tourism are devolved matters, with responsibility resting with corresponding departments in the Scottish Government in Scotland, the Welsh Government in Wales and the Northern Ireland Executive in Northern Ireland.

Media-related policy is generally reserved to Westminster i.e. not devolved. These areas include:

### Scotland[edit]

Reserved matters:[11]

* Film classification
* Broadcasting
* Public lending right
* Entertainment licensing
* National Lottery
* Digital economy
* Telecommunications and broadband
* Internet
* press freedom and regulation

Scotland's comparability factor (the proportion of spending in this area devolved to the Scottish Government) was 68% for 2021/22.[12]

### Northern Ireland[edit]

Reserved matters:[13]

* Broadcasting
* The National Lottery
* Digital economy
* Telecommunications and broadband
* Internet

The department's main counterparts in Northern Ireland are as follows:[14]

* Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (architecture, arts, culture, galleries, libraries, museums, sport)
* Department of the Environment (historic built environment)
* Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (tourism)
* Department for Social Development (gambling, liquor licensing)

Northern Ireland's comparability factor (the proportion of spending in this area devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive) was 69.9% for 2021/22.[12]

### Wales[edit]

Reserved matters:[15]

* Film classification
* Broadcasting, BBC
* Public lending right
* Digital economy
* Entertainment licensing
* Betting, Gambling and Lotteries
* Telecommunications and broadband
* Internet
* press freedom and regulation

Wales' comparability factor (the proportion of spending in this area devolved to the Welsh Government) was 67.7% for 2021/22.[12]

## See also[edit]

* United Kingdom budget
* Digital Economy Act 2010
* Culture, Media and Sport Committee

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Civil service staff numbers". instituteforgovernment.org.uk.
2. ^ Budget 2011 (PDF). London: HM Treasury. 2011. p. 48\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
3. ^ Paine, Andre (7 February 2023). "Lucy Frazer appointed Secretary of State at 're-focused' Culture, Media & Sport department". Music Week. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
4. ^ Bradley, Karen (3 July 2017). "Change of name for DCMS". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024.
5. ^ Hall, Rachel (31 January 2018). "Nadine Dorries grants listed status to Cecil Rhodes plaque at Oxford college". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
6. ^ "The UK Cyber Security Strategy - Report on progress and forward plans" (PDF). Cabinet Office. December 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2023.
7. ^ "UK Cyber Security Forum". ukcybersecurityforum.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024.
8. ^ This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: "Our ministers". GOV.UK. Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
9. ^ Making Government Deliver for the British People, Government Policy Paper, published 7 February 2023
10. ^ ONS Sector Classification Guide accessed 13 August 2008 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 July 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2008.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. ^ "Scotland Act 1998". legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023.
12. ^ a b c Keep, Matthew (8 September 2023). "The Barnett formula and fiscal devolution" (PDF). Commons Library Research Briefing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 December 2023.
13. ^ "Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3". legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023.
14. ^ "Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999". legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023.
15. ^ "Government of Wales Act 2006, Schedule 7A, Part 2". legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023.

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Headquarters: 100 Parliament Street

Ministers|

| Secretary of State|

* Lucy Frazer

|

Minister of State|

* Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries: Julia Lopez

Under-Secretaries
of State|

* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society: Stuart Andrew
* Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage: The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

Non-ministerial
departments|

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* The National Archives

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public bodies|

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* Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
* Theatres Trust
* Treasure Valuation Committee

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Executive|

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* Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
* British Film Institute
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* Information Commissioner's Office
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* Horniman Museum
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Sky Sports F1
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Sky Sports Racing
Sky Sports
Sky Witness

UKTV|

Alibi
Dave
Drama
Eden
Gold

Yesterday

Warner Bros. Discovery|

Animal Planet
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
Cartoonito
CNN International
Discovery Channel
Discovery History
Discovery Science
Discovery Turbo
DMAX
Eurosport 1
Eurosport 2
Food Network
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
Quest
Quest Red
Really
TLC
TNT Sports

Narrative Entertainment UK Limited|

Great! Action
Great! Movies
Great! Romance
Great! TV
Pop
Pop Max

Services
and
platforms|

| Current|

* Amazon Prime Video
* BBC iPlayer
* cable
* Channel 4
* digital
* digital terrestrial
* List of channels
* Disney+
* EE TV
* Freesat
* Freesat+
* Freeview
* high-definition
* List of channels
* ITV
* ITVX
* STV Player
* local television
* My5
* Now
* Netflix
* Paramount+
* Pop Player
* Restricted Service Licence
* satellite
* List of channels
* Sky Group
* Freesat from Sky
* On Demand
* Sky+
* Sky+ HD
* TalkTalk TV
* TVPlayer
* UKTV Play
* Virgin Media
* FilmFlex
* TiVo
* V+
* YouView

|

Defunct|

* analogue
* analogue terrestrial
* BBC Store
* TalkTalk TV Store
* Film4oD
* Real Digital
* Top Up TV

Studios|

| Current|

* 3 Mills Studios
* BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House
* BBC Elstree Centre
* BBC Pacific Quay
* The Bottle Yard Studios
* Broadcasting House
* Broadcasting House, Belfast
* Broadcasting House, Bristol
* Dock10
* Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)
* Gas Street Studios
* The Leeds Studios
* The Maidstone Studios
* Mailbox Birmingham
* MediaCityUK
* Old Granada Studios
* Riverside Studios
* Roath Lock
* The Sharp Project
* Sky Campus
* Space Studios Manchester
* Television Centre, London

|

Defunct|

* Broadcasting House, Cardiff
* Dickenson Road Studios
* Fountain Studios
* The Hospital Club
* Lime Grove Studios
* Limehouse Studios
* The London Studios
* MGM-British Studios
* New Broadcasting House, Manchester
* Pebble Mill Studios
* Teddington Studios
* Television Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
* Television Centre, Southampton
* Upper Boat Studios

Other|

* Television in Northern Ireland
* in Scotland
* in Wales
* Defunct channels
* Edinburgh International Television Festival
* History
* List of years
* List of channels
* Student television
* Viewing statistics
* Most-watched broadcasts

Companies and organisations

| Major
companies|

* Ascential
* Banijay UK Productions
* Bauer Radio
* BBC
* Bloomsbury Publishing
* BT Group
* Channel Four Television Corporation
* Daily Mail and General Trust
* Dentsu International
* Economist Group
* EMI Music Publishing
* Future plc
* Global Media & Entertainment
* Guardian Media Group
* Haymarket Media Group
* Informa
* ITN
* ITV plc
* Narrative Capital
* National World
* News Broadcasting
* News UK
* Newsquest
* Northern & Shell
* Pearson plc
* Press Holdings
* Reach plc
* RELX
* Reuters
* Sky
* STV Group
* Syco
* TalkTalk Group
* Paramount Networks UK & Australia
* Virgin Media O2
* The Walt Disney Company (UK) Ltd.
* Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA

|

Resources|

* Arqiva
* List of largest UK book publishers

Government and
regulatory bodies|

* Advertising Standards Authority
* BBC Board (formerly: BBC Trust
* Board of Governors of the BBC)
* British Board of Film Classification
* British Film Institute
* Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee
* Department for Culture, Media and Sport
* Independent Press Standards Organisation
* Ofcom
* Press Recognition Panel
* S4C Authority

Industry and
trades bodies|

* British Academy of Film and Television Arts
* British Phonographic Industry
* Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union
* Clearcast
* Digital TV Group
* Equity
* Everyone TV
* Federation Against Copyright Theft
* Independent Publishers Guild
* National Union of Journalists
* The Publishers Association
* Royal Television Society
* United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting

Other|

* BBC Academy
* National Film and Television School
* National Science and Media Museum

Regional and student media

| Regional media|

* Media in England
* Birmingham
* London
* Manchester
* Media in Scotland
* Aberdeen
* Dundee
* Glasgow
* Media in Wales
* Cardiff

|

Student media|

* Student television
* Student press

* Category

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