Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

"Culture Secretary" redirects here. For the Scottish Culture Secretary, see Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs.

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Jeremy Wright since 9 July 2018
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Style	Culture Secretary (informal) The Right Honourable (within the UK and the Commonwealth)
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Formation	11 April 1992
First holder	David Mellor
Website	www.culture.gov.uk

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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, or informally Culture Secretary, is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage. The first to fill the role, David Mellor, dubbed it "Minister of Fun".^[1] On 9 July 2018 Theresa May appointed Jeremy Wright to the post.

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  1 List of Secretaries of State
  
  
  
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    1.1 Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)
    
  
  
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    1.2 Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)
    
  
  
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    1.3 Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–2012)
    
  
  
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    1.4 Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2012–2017)
    
  
  
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    1.5 Secretaries of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2017–present)
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 See also
  


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  3 References
  

List of Secretaries of State

Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)

Secretary of State for National Heritage

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	Prime Minister
		David Mellor MP for Putney	11 April 1992	22 September 1992	Conservative		John Major
		Peter Brooke MP for Cities of London and Westminster	25 September 1992	20 July 1994	Conservative
		Stephen Dorrell MP for Loughborough	20 July 1994	5 July 1995	Conservative
		Virginia Bottomley MP for South West Surrey	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative

Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	Prime Minister
		Chris Smith MP for Islington South and Finsbury	3 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour		Tony Blair
		Tessa Jowell MP for Dulwich and West Norwood	8 June 2001	27 June 2007	Labour
		James Purnell MP for Stalybridge and Hyde	28 June 2007	24 January 2008	Labour		Gordon Brown
		Andy Burnham MP for Leigh	24 January 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
		Ben Bradshaw MP for Exeter	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour

Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–2012)

Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	Prime Minister
		Jeremy Hunt MP for South West Surrey	12 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative		David Cameron (I)

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

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	Prime Minister
		Maria Miller MP for Basingstoke	4 September 2012	9 April 2014	Conservative		David Cameron (I)
		Sajid Javid MP for Bromsgrove	9 April 2014	11 May 2015	Conservative
		John Whittingdale MP for Maldon	11 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative		David Cameron (II)
		Karen Bradley MP for Staffordshire Moorlands	14 July 2016	3 July 2017	Conservative		Theresa May (I)

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

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.^[2]Karen Bradley continued as Secretary of State for the department.

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	Prime Minister
		Karen Bradley MP for Staffordshire Moorlands	3 July 2017	8 January 2018	Conservative		Theresa May (II)
		Matt Hancock MP for West Suffolk	8 January 2018	8 July 2018	Conservative
		Jeremy Wright MP for Kenilworth and Southam	9 July 2018	Incumbent	Conservative

See also

• Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport


• Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

References

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v t e Secretaries of State for Culture of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)	Mellor Brooke Dorrell Bottomley
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)	Smith Jowell Purnell Burnham Bradshaw
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–2012)	Hunt
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2012–2017)	Miller Javid Whittingdale Bradley
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2017–present)	Bradley Hancock Wright

v t e Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom
Headquarters: 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ
Executive agencies	The Royal Parks The National Archives
Non-departmental public bodies	Advisory Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest Theatres Trust Treasure Valuation Committee Executive Arts Council England British Film Institute British Library British Museum Equality and Human Rights Commission Gambling Commission Geffrye Museum Historic England Horniman Museum Horserace Betting Levy Board Imperial War Museum Information Commissioner's Office National Gallery National Heritage Memorial Fund National Maritime Museum National Museums Liverpool National Portrait Gallery Natural History Museum Royal Armouries Science Museum Group Sir John Soane's Museum Sport England Sports Grounds Safety Authority Tate UK Anti-Doping UK Sport Victoria and Albert Museum VisitBritain VisitEngland Wallace Collection Tribunal Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal
Public corporations	BBC BBC Trust Channel Four Television Corporation Historic Royal Palaces Ofcom S4C S4C Authority
Ministers	Secretary of State Matt Hancock Minister of State Minister of State for Digital and Culture: Margot James Under-Secretaries of State Sport and Civil Society: vacant Arts, Heritage and Tourism: Michael Ellis Ceremonials, First World War commemorations and DCMS Business in the Lords: Lord Ashton of Hyde
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