| Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Category | Cabinet Position | |||
| Style | The Right Honourable Culture Secretary | |||
| Inaugural holder | fr browne | |||
| Number of Culture Secretaries | 20 | |||
The Culture Secretary, known in full as the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, is an official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The office is a cabinet-level position. The position of Culture Secretary is currently held by LiberOfLondon, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Baron of Sealand on 5th May 2020.
The responsibilities of the Culture Secretary include overseeing: broadcasting (including the BBC), telecommunications, charities, creative industries (such as advertising, fashion and film), cultural property and heritage, gambling, press regulation libraries, museums, galleries, tourism, and sport.
Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent and Departmental Reviews[]
Culture Secretaries have produced the following Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent and Departmental Reviews:
| Type | Culture Secretary | Released | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statement of Intent | Saoirse:3 | August 2017 | Passed without vote |
| Ministerial Report | barnetlad | August 2019 | Withdrawn |
| Ministerial Report | barnetlad | February 2020 | Passed by vote |
| Ministerial Report | barnetlad | February 2020 | Passed by vote |
| Ministerial Report | barnetlad | March 2020 | Passed by vote |
| Ministerial Report | LiberOfLondon | May 2020 | Withdrawn |
| Ministerial Report | LiberOfLondon | July 2020 | Passed by vote |
List of Culture Secretaries[]
fr browne was appointed as the first Culture Secretary for the Liberal Democrat Party following the second general election and since him, there have been 19 other Culture Secretaries:
| Culture Secretary | Alternative Role | Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fr browne | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Liberal | December 2005 | May 2006 | |
| Nefarious | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Monster Raving Loony | June 2006 | November 2006 | |
| Choupinet | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Conservative | November 2008 | May 2009 | |
| Jammythedodger | Secretary of State for Higher Education and Culture | Conservative | May 2010 | October 2010 | |
| bun | Secretary of State for Higher Education and Culture | Conservative | November 2010 | March 2011 | |
| big-bang-theory | Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport | Labour | October 2011 | March 2012 | |
| Jacob W | Secretary of State for Culture | Conservative | May 2012 | September 2012 | |
| RoryS | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Labour | October 2012 | March 2013 | |
| Rhadamanthus | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Libertarian | April 2013 | August 2013 | |
| SciFiRory | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Socialist | April 2014 | September 2014 | |
| Jarred | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Liberal | July 2015 | August 2015 | |
| Imperion | Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Connectivity (October – December 2015)
Secretary of State for Climate Change, Culture and Communications (December 2015 – April 2016) |
Liberal | October 2015 | November 2016 | |
| Saoirse:3 | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Labour | February 2017 | August 2017 | |
| CheeseIsVeg | Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Young People | Labour | August 2017 | November 2017 | |
| cranbrook_aspie | Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Young People | Labour | November 2017 | November 2017 | |
| _Ddraig_ | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Conservative | December 2017 | March 2018 | |
| Thrillanthropist | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Libertarian | March 2018 | June 2018 | |
| EagleKingdom | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Conservative | December 2018 | July 2019 | |
| barnetlad | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Independent | July 2019 | May 2020 | |
| LiberOfLondon | Conservative | May 2020 | incumbent | ||