Minister for Civil Society

Former ministerial position within the UK Government

Not to be confused with Minister for Sport and Civil Society.

Minister for Civil Society

Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government

Cabinet Office
Style| Minister
Nominator| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer| The Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length| At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation| 6 May 2006
First holder| Ed Miliband
Final holder| The Baroness Barran
Abolished| 17 September 2021

The Minister for Civil Society was a position within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the Government of the United Kingdom. It concerned and directly supported charities, volunteering and social enterprise.

The office was established during the third Blair ministry as Minister for the Third Sector.[1] The office was renamed to support the Big Society manifesto-committed agenda of the first and second Cameron ministries.[2][3] Before the new commitments and Cabinet reshuffle on formation of the May Ministry in 2016 the Office for Civil Society supporting the Minister was part of the Cabinet Office. Some responsibilities were moved to the office of Minister for Sport and Civil Society after the 2017 general election.[4]

## List of ministers

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Name  | Portrait  | Took office  | Left office  | Political party  | Prime Minister

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Minister for the Third Sector
|  | Ed Miliband | 6 May 2006  | 28 June 2007  | Labour |  | Tony Blair
|  | Phil Hope | 28 June 2007  | 5 October 2008  | Labour |  | Gordon Brown
|  | Kevin Brennan | 5 October 2008  | 8 June 2009  | Labour
Minister of State for the Third Sector
|  | Angela Smith | 8 June 2009  | 11 May 2010  | Labour |  | Gordon Brown
Minister for Civil Society
|  | Nick Hurd | 15 May 2010  | 14 July 2014  | Conservative |  | David Cameron
|  | Brooks Newmark | 15 July 2014  | 27 September 2014  | Conservative
|  | Rob Wilson | 27 September 2014  | 8 June 2017  | Conservative
| Theresa May
|  | Henry Ashton | 8 June 2017  | 26 July 2019  | Conservative
|  | Diana Barran | 26 July 2019  | 17 September 2021  | Conservative |  | Boris Johnson
Role merged into Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society, Heritage, Tourism and Growth

|  | Syed Kamall | 20 September 2022  | 28 October 2022  | Conservative |  | Liz Truss
Role merged into Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society

## Shadow Ministers for Civil Society

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Shadow Minister  | Term of office  | Party  | Opposition Leader

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Shadow Minister for Civil Society
|  | Roberta Blackman-Woods | 8 October 2010  | 7 October 2011  | Labour | Ed Miliband
|  | Gareth Thomas | 7 October 2011  | 7 October 2013  | Labour | Ed Miliband
|  | Lisa Nandy | 7 October 2013  | 14 September 2015  | Labour | Ed Miliband
|  | Anna Turley | 18 September 2015  | 27 June 2016  | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn
Shadow Minister for Trade Unions and Civil Society
|  | Ian Lavery | 18 September 2015  | 7 October 2016  | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn
Shadow Minister for Civil Society
|  | Steve Reed | 3 October 2016  | 24 June 2019  | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn
|  | Vicky Foxcroft | 24 June 2019  | 10 April 2020  | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn
Shadow Minister for Voluntary Sector and Charities
|  | Rachael Maskell | 10 April 2020  | 4 December 2021  | Labour | Keir Starmer
Shadow Minister for Arts, Civil Society and Youth
|  | Rachael Maskell | 4 December 2021  | 14 December 2021  | Labour | Keir Starmer
Shadow Minister for Arts and Civil Society
|  | Barbara Keeley | 11 March 2022  | Incumbent  | Labour | Keir Starmer

## References

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1. ^ Colebrook, Charley (3 July 2012). Ministers in the Labour Governments: 1997–2010. House of Commons Library.
2. ^ Priddy, Sarah (15 October 2017). Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government. House of Commons Library.
3. ^ Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society | Cabinet Office
4. ^ Colebrook, Andrew; Priddy, Sarah (10 February 2022). Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments. House of Commons Library.

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Headquarters: 100 Parliament Street

Ministers|

| Secretary of State|

* Lisa Nandy

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Minister of State|

* Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism: Chris Bryant

Under-Secretaries
of State|

* Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth: Stephanie Peacock
* Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling: The Baroness Twycross

Non-ministerial
departments|

* Charity Commission
* National Archives

Non-departmental
public bodies|

| Advisory|

* Advisory Council on National Records and Archives
* Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
* Theatres Trust
* Treasure Valuation Committee

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Executive|

* Arts Council England
* British Film Institute
* Gambling Commission
* Historic England
* Horserace Betting Levy Board
* National Heritage Memorial Fund
* National Lottery Community Fund
* Sport England
* Sports Grounds Safety Authority
* UK Anti-Doping
* UK Sport
* VisitBritain
* VisitEngland

Museums|

* British Library
* British Museum
* Horniman Museum
* Museum of the Home
* Imperial War Museums
* National Gallery
* National Museums Liverpool
* National Portrait Gallery
* Natural History Museum
* Royal Armouries
* Royal Museums Greenwich
* Science Museum Group
* Sir John Soane's Museum
* Tate
* Victoria and Albert Museum
* Wallace Collection

Tribunal|

Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal

Other bodies|

* BBC
* BBC Board
* Channel Four Television Corporation
* Churches Conservation Trust
* Historic Royal Palaces
* National Citizen Service
* S4C
* S4C Authority
* The Royal Parks

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