Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

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United Kingdom
Secretary of State
for Culture, Media and Sport
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Official portrait of Lucy Frazer MP.jpg
Incumbent
Lucy Frazer
since 7 February 2023
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Style Culture Secretary
(informal)
The Right Honourable
(within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type Minister of the Crown
Status Secretary of State
Member of
Reports to The Prime Minister
Seat Westminster
NominatorThe Prime Minister
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length At His Majesty's Pleasure
Formation
  • 11 April 1992:
    (as Secretary of State for National Heritage)
  • 7 February 2023:
    (as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport)
First holder David Mellor
(as Secretary of State for National Heritage)
Salary£159,038 per annum (2022) [1]
(including £86,584 MP salary) [2]
Website Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, also referred to as the Culture Secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. [3] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The office has been dubbed "Minister of Fun". [4]

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Responsibilities

The secretary has overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. [3] Responsibilities include: [3]

History

The office was created in 1992 by Prime Minister John Major, as Secretary of State for National Heritage. [5] In his autobiography, Major says that, before the office was created, responsibility for cultural interests was shared among various departments, but important to none of them. [6] For instance, arts and libraries, although a separate department, had no minister in the Cabinet, sport was part of the Department for Education, film was part of the Department of Trade and Industry, broadcasting was part of the Home Office, tourism was part of the Department for Employment and heritage was part of the Department of the Environment. [6] He also wrote that the system tended to favour the interests of the articulate and well-connected London-based arts lobby. [6]

Thus, when he became Prime Minister, Major said that he saw that the only way to give culture and sport the higher profile that he thought that they deserved was to establish a new department, under a minister of Cabinet rank, to bring together all aspects of the arts, sport and heritage. [7]

List of secretaries of state

Secretary of State for National Heritage (1992 - 1997)

Secretary of StateTerm of officePartyPrime Minister
No image.svg David Mellor
MP for Putney
11 April 199222 September 1992Conservative John Major
No image.svg Peter Brooke
MP for Cities of London and Westminster
25 September 199220 July 1994Conservative
Stephen dorrell mp -nhs confederation annual conferencepercent2c manchester-11july2011 - crop.jpg Stephen Dorrell
MP for Loughborough
20 July 19945 July 1995Conservative
Official portrait of Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone crop 2.jpg Virginia Bottomley
MP for South West Surrey
5 July 19952 May 1997Conservative
Official portrait of Lord Smith of Finsbury, 2020.jpg Chris Smith
MP for Islington South and Finsbury
2 May 199722 July 1997Labour Tony Blair

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997 - 2010)

Secretary of StateTerm of officePartyPrime Minister
Official portrait of Lord Smith of Finsbury, 2020.jpg Chris Smith
MP for Islington South and Finsbury
22 July 19978 June 2001Labour Tony Blair
Tessa Jowell.jpg Tessa Jowell
MP for Dulwich and West Norwood
8 June 200127 June 2007Labour
James Purnell Ministerial portrait.jpg James Purnell
MP for Stalybridge and Hyde
28 June 200724 January 2008Labour Gordon Brown
Andy Burnham2.jpg Andy Burnham
MP for Leigh
24 January 20085 June 2009Labour
Official portrait of Mr Ben Bradshaw crop 2.jpg Ben Bradshaw
MP for Exeter
5 June 200911 May 2010Labour

Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010 - 2012)

Secretary of StateTerm of officePartyPrime Minister
Official portrait of Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP crop 2.jpg Jeremy Hunt
MP for South West Surrey
12 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative David Cameron

Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2012–2017)

Secretary of StateTerm of officePartyPrime Minister
Official portrait of Rt Hon Maria Miller MP crop 2.jpg Maria Miller
MP for Basingstoke
4 September 2012 9 April 2014Conservative David Cameron
Official portrait of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP crop 2.jpg Sajid Javid
MP for Bromsgrove
9 April 201411 May 2015Conservative
Official portrait of Mr John Whittingdale crop 2.jpg John Whittingdale
MP for Maldon
11 May 201514 July 2016Conservative
Official portrait of Karen Bradley crop 2.jpg Karen Bradley
MP for Staffordshire Moorlands
14 July 20163 July 2017Conservative Theresa May
In 2017 the DCMS was renamed to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in acknowledgement of the increasing responsibility the department had gained for Digital affairs. [8] Karen Bradley continued as Secretary of State for the department.

Secretaries of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2017–2023)

Secretary of StateTerm of officePartyPrime Minister
Official portrait of Karen Bradley crop 2.jpg Karen Bradley
MP for Staffordshire Moorlands
3 July 2017 8 January 2018 Conservative Theresa May
Official portrait of Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP crop 2.jpg Matt Hancock
MP for West Suffolk
8 January 2018 8 July 2018 Conservative
Jeremy Wright MP.jpg Jeremy Wright
MP for Kenilworth and Southam
9 July 2018 24 July 2019Conservative
Official Portrait of Baroness Morgan of Cotes.jpg Nicky Morgan
MP for Loughborough
(until November 2019)
Life peer (since January 2020)
24 July 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative Boris Johnson
Official portrait of Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP crop 2.jpg Oliver Dowden
MP for Hertsmere
13 February 2020 15 September 2021 Conservative
Nadine Dorries Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg Nadine Dorries
MP for Mid Bedfordshire
15 September 2021 6 September 2022Conservative
Michelle Donelan Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg Michelle Donelan
MP for Chippenham
6 September 2022 7 February 2023 Conservative Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak

Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2023–present)

Secretary of StateTerm of officePartyPrime Minister
Official portrait of Lucy Frazer MP crop 2.jpg Lucy Frazer
MP for South East Cambridgeshire
7 February 2023 IncumbentConservative Rishi Sunak

Timeline of secretaries of state

Lucy FrazerMichelle DonelanNadine DorriesOliver DowdenNicky MorganJeremy WrightMatt HancockKaren BradleyJohn WittingdaleSajid JavidMaria MillerJeremy HuntBen BradshawAndy BurnhamJames PurnellTessa JowellChris Smith, Baron Smith of FinsburyVirginia BottomleyStephen DorrellPeter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton MandevilleDavid MellorSecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

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