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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCM&S) is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, for example broadcasting. It also has responsibility for the creative industries (some joint with Department for Trade and Industry) and tourism in England.

Culture, sport and tourism are devolved matters, with responsibility resting with corresponding departments in the Scottish Government in Scotland, the Welsh Assembly Government in Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland.

The main offices are at 2–4 Cockspur Street, London, SW1Y 5DH.

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[edit] Ministers and Permanent Secretary

The current ministerial team at the DCM&S are:

The Permanent Secretary is Jonathan Stephens.

[edit] History and responsibilities

Before 1997, DCM&S was known as the Department of National Heritage, which was in turn created out of various other departments in 1992. The former Ministers for the Arts and for Sport had previous been located in other departments.

DCMS headquarters in Cockspur Street
DCMS headquarters in Cockspur Street

The DCM&S was the co-ordinating department for the successful bid by London to host the 2012 Olympics and appointed and oversees the agencies delivering the Games' infrastructure and programme, principally the Olympic Delivery Authority and LOCOG. Following the 7 July 2005 London bombings the department was given the responsibility of co-ordinating humanitarian support to the relatives of victims and to arrange memorial events.

Its five strategic priorities are children and young people, communities, delivery, economy and via the Government Olympic Executive, the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and its legacy. It is responsible for government policy in the following areas:

The DCM&S also manages the Government Art Collection.

The DCM&S has responsibility for one executive agency, the Royal Parks Agency. The DCMS has policy responsibility for three public corporations and two public broadcasting authorities. These bodies and their operation are largely independent of Government policy influence.

The public corporations are:

The public broadcasting authorities are:

In addition, responsibility for the Office of Communications (Ofcom) is shared with the Department of Trade and Industry.

The DCM&S also sponsors the following non-departmental public bodies:

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