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DCMS headquarters in Cockspur Street

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (sometimes abbreviated DCMS) is a department of the British government. It 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 (Media and Tourism). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 877 KB) Summary The UK Department of Culture, Media and Sports headquarters in Cockspur Street, London. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 877 KB) Summary The UK Department of Culture, Media and Sports headquarters in Cockspur Street, London. ... The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. ... A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... In the United Kingdom government, the Minister for the Arts is a junior minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. ... In the United Kingdom government, the Minister of Sport and Tourism is a junior minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. ... The Right Honourable Tessa Jane Helena Douglas Jowell (born September 17, 1947) is a British politician who is Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. ... David Lindon Lammy (born July 19, 1972) is a British politician who has been tipped as Britains first Black Prime Minister Lammy was born in Tottenham, a working-class area of North London, and brought up by his mother after his father left the family. ... The Right Honourable Richard Caborn, PC (born October 6, 1943) is a British politician for the Labour Party, and member of Parliament for Sheffield Central. ... James Mark Dakin Purnell (born 2 March 1970, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...

Before 1997, it was known as the Department of National Heritage, which was in turn created out of various other departments in 1992. 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII in Roman) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Its four strategic priorities are children and young people, communities, delivery and economy and it is responsible for government policy in the following areas:

• alcohol & entertainment
• architecture & design
• arts
• broadcasting
• creative industries
• cultural property
• education & social policy
• all forms of Gambling in the UK, including the National Lottery
• historic environment
• libraries & communities
• museums & galleries
• public appointments
• sport
• tourism

The DCMS also has responsibility for the Royal Parks Agency. In addition to this it funds various Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs): In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-kukhūl الكحول = the spirit, the chemical.) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ... Entertainment is an amusement or diversion intended to hold the attention of an audience or its participants. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Table of architecture, Cyclopaedia, 1728 The following article focuses on built environment, the architecture of spaces designed for human habitation. ... Usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavours, design is used as both a noun and a verb. ... A precise definition of the arts can be contentious, but the following areas of activity are usually included: Art / Visual arts Architecture Crafts Dance Drawing Film Literature Music Painting Photography Pottery Sculpture Theater Unlike art, design focuses less on the aesthetics of a thing and more on the functionality of... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Gambling in the United Kingdom is regulated by the Gambling Commission on behalf of the governments Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) under the Gambling Act [2005]. This Act of Parliament significantly updated the UKs gambling laws, including the introduction of a new structure of protections for... A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers. ... Alternative meanings: Library (computer science), Library (biology) Modern-style library In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ... A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... gallery may be short for Art gallery a gallery is an element in architecture, a long hallway flanked with walls or rows of columns Gallery is an open-source package that allows users to create and manage image galleries on their web sites. ... Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... The Royal Parks of London are lands originally owned by the monarchy of England or the United Kingdom for the recreation of the royal family. ...

• Alcohol Education and Research Council
• Arts Council of England
• Big Lottery Fund
• British Film Institute (BFI)
• British Library
• British Museum
• British Tourist Authority (VisitBritain)
• Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
• Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) (jointly with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)
• English Sports Council
• English Tourist Board
• Football Licensing Authority
• Geffrye Museum
• Greenwich Foundation for the Royal Naval College
• The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage)
• Historic Royal Palaces
• Horniman Museum
• Horserace Totalisator Board (The Tote)
• Imperial War Museum
• Millennium Commission
• Museum of London
• Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
• Museums, Libraries and Archives
• National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
• National Gallery
• National Heritage Memorial Fund
• National Lottery Charities Board
• National Lottery Commission
• National Maritime Museum
• National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
• National Museum of Science and Industry
• National Portrait Gallery
• Natural History Museum
• New Millennium Experience Company
• Registrar of Public Lending Right
• Royal Armouries Museum
• Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
• Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
• Sir John Soane's Museum
• Tate Gallery
• UK Film Council
• UK Sport
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Wallace Collection

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External link

• DCMS website