The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, also referred to as the Culture Secretary, is a cabinet rank office with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The office has been dubbed "Minister of Fun".
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, the building of a digital economy, and some aspects of the media throughout the UK, such as broadcasting and Internet.
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon since 1992. A member of the Conservative Party, Whittingdale has served the Minister of State for Media and Data at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport since 2020, having previously served at DCMS as Culture Secretary in the Cabinet from 2015 to 2016, until he was fired by Theresa May.
A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the UK government, immediately junior to a Minister of State, which is itself junior to a Secretary of State. A similar position exists in New Zealand.
A permanent secretary is the most senior civil servant of a ministry in the United Kingdom, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis. Similar offices, often employing different terms, exist in many other Westminster-style systems and in some other governments.
In the Government of the United Kingdom, the Minister for the Arts is a ministerial post, usually a low to middle-ranking minister to the much senior Secretary of State, who runs the entire department and is ultimately responsible for the department's brief.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, formerly Minister of State for Europe, is a ministerial position within the Government of the United Kingdom, in charge of affairs with Europe, the European Union and NATO. The Minister can also be responsible for government policy towards the Americas; European security; defence and international security; the Falkland Islands; polar regions; migration; protocol; human resources; OSCE and Council of Europe; relations with Parliament; British Overseas Territories of Gibraltar and Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus; and FCO finance, knowledge and technology.
Matthew John David Hancock is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2018. He previously served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in 2018 for six months. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for West Suffolk since 2010.
Caroline Julia Dinenage, Lady Lancaster of Kimbolton is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Gosport at the 2010 general election. She was re-elected in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Nigel Paul Huddleston is a British businessman and politician serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Heritage and Tourism at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Worcestershire since 2015.
David Cameron formed the second Cameron ministry, the first Conservative majority government since 1996, following the 2015 general election after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new administration. Prior to the election Cameron had led his first ministry, the Cameron–Clegg coalition, a coalition government that consisted of members of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister.
Matthew Robert Warman is a British Conservative Party politician and former journalist. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness since May 2015 and was appointed an Assistant Government Whip on 23 April 2019.
Oliver James Dowden, is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport since 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertsmere since 2015.
Rebecca Faye Clark, known as Rebecca Pow, is a British Conservative Party politician, currently serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton Deane.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism is a junior position in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the British government. It is currently held by Nigel Huddleston who took the office on 13 February 2020. The position was created by the Second May ministry after the 2017 general election. The role is a successor of the Minister for Tourism and Heritage which was abolished in 2012 after the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
The Minister of State is a ministerial office in the Ministry of Justice.
The Minister of State for Social Care is a mid-level position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the British government. It is currently held by Helen Whately MP who took the office on 10 September 2019. The minister often deputises for the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care alongside the Minister of State for Health.The minister is in charge of Social care in England.
A Minister of State is a mid-tier Minister of the Crown in the UK government. Ministers of State are junior to the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State, but senior to a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Parliamentary Private Secretary.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation is a junior position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the British government. It is currently held by James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell MP who took the office on 9 March 2020.
