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Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It holds the 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.

Department overview

1997 (1997)

  • Department for National Heritage

100 Parliament Street,
London SW1A 2BQ,
England

3,020 [1]

£1.4 billion (current) & £1.3 billion (capital) for 2011–12[2]

  • 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

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.

The

arts

including the BBC and Channel 4

Broadcasting

Civil society

Charities

Creative industries

Advertising

Historic environment

and design

Architecture

Cultural property and heritage

licensing

Entertainment

and racing

Gambling

and regulation

Press freedom

Libraries

and galleries

Museums

The National Lottery

Tourism

Sport

legacy

Olympic

The National Archives

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Film classification

Broadcasting

Public lending right

licensing

Entertainment

National Lottery

Digital economy

and broadband

Telecommunications

Internet

and regulation

press freedom

United Kingdom budget

Digital Economy Act 2010

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Official website