Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The secretary has overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Responsibilities include: • Arts and Culture • Broadcasting • Creative industries • Creative Industries Council • Cultural property, heritage and the historic environment • Cultural Renewal Taskforce • Culture, sports and arts sector recovery from COVID-19 • Gambling and racing • Libraries • Media ownership and mergers • Museums and galleries • The National Lottery • Sport • Tourism == History ==

The office was created in 1992 by Prime Minister John Major, as Secretary of State for National Heritage. 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. 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. ==List of secretaries of state==

Secretary of State for National Heritage (1992–1997) Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010) Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–2012) Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2012–2017) Secretaries of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2017–2023) Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2023–present) Timeline of secretaries of state ==See also==