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United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and LIbraries
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Incumbent Vacant since 5 July 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Style	Arts Minister
Reports to	Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Seat	Westminster
Appointer	the Sovereign, on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Jennie Lee
Formation	1964
Website	Official website

In the Government of the United Kingdom, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Libraries is a ministerial post in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

The post is usually a junior to middle-ranking minister to the more senior Secretary of State, who runs the entire department and is ultimately responsible for the department's brief.

The post has been in a variety of ministries, but after 1997 it has been a Minister of State position in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. From 1992 to 1997, the post was combined with the office of Secretary of State for National Heritage. The title of the post was changed to Minister for Culture in 2005, and to Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism in 2007. Under that last title, the office was held by Barbara Follett MP, who was appointed on 5 October 2008, until 22 September 2009.

Ed Vaizey was appointed by then Prime Minister David Cameron to the position as Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries at Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State level, a post Vaizey initially split between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), but is now entirely placed in the DCMS.

Current portfolio

• Arts and museums
• Ceremonials
• DCMS business in the Lords

Ministers for the Arts

The individuals who have held the office of Minister for the Arts or equivalent existing positions, their terms and under which Prime Minister.

References

1. "Mr Edward Vaizey". parliament.uk. House of Commons. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

External links

• UK Government document listing past Ministers for the Arts, DCMS (PDF).

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Headquarters: 100 Parliament Street
Ministers	Secretary of State Lisa Nandy Minister of State Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism: Chris Bryant Under-Secretaries of State Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth: Stephanie Peacock Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling: The Baroness Twycross
Non-ministerial departments	Charity Commission National Archives
Non-departmental public bodies	Advisory Advisory Council on National Records and Archives 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 Gambling Commission Historic England Horserace Betting Levy Board National Heritage Memorial Fund National Lottery Community Fund Sport England Sports Grounds Safety Authority UK Anti-Doping UK Sport VisitBritain VisitEngland Museums British Library British Museum Horniman Museum Museum of the Home Imperial War Museums National Gallery National Museums Liverpool National Portrait Gallery Natural History Museum Royal Armouries Royal Museums Greenwich Science Museum Group Sir John Soane's Museum Tate Victoria and Albert Museum Wallace Collection Tribunal Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal
Other bodies	BBC BBC Board Channel Four Television Corporation Churches Conservation Trust Historic Royal Palaces National Citizen Service S4C S4C Authority The Royal Parks
Category

• Culture ministers of the United Kingdom
• Arts in the United Kingdom
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1964 establishments in the United Kingdom
• Industry in the United Kingdom