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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (sometimes abbreviated '''DCMS''') is a department of the United Kingdom Government , with responsibility for Culture , Media and Sport in England . As well as responsibility for the Creative Industries (some joint with Department For Trade And Industry ) and tourism. Culture and sport are Devolved matters, with responsibility resting with corresponding Minister s in the Scottish Executive and Welsh Assembly Government in Scotland and Wales . MINISTERS DCMS is led by the Secretary Of State For Culture, Media And Sport , a Cabinet position. Other ministers are the Minister For The Arts , Minister For Sport And Tourism and the Minister For Media And Heritage . The current Secretary of State is Tessa Jowell and her ministers are David Lammy (Culture), Richard Caborn (Sport) and James Purnell (Creative Industries and Tourism). PERMANENT SECRETARY The Permanent Secretary is Dame Sue Street . HISTORY & RESPONSIBILITIES Before 1997 , DCMS 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. The DCMS was the co-ordinating department for the successful bid by London to host the 2012 Olympics and has the role of appointing the agencies to deliver the Games' infrastructure and programme. Its four strategic priorities are children and young people, communities, delivery and economy and it is responsible for government policy in the following areas:
Ministers in the DCMS are responsible for issuing export licenses for cultural artefacts in the UK to be sold abroad. The DCMS manages the Government Art Collection . The DCMS also has responsibility for the Royal Parks Agency and the BBC . In addition to this it funds various Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs):
The main offices are at 2–4 Cockspur Street, London , SW1Y 5DH as of 2005 . EXTERNAL LINK |
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