In the Government of the United Kingdom, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Museums 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 - ACE review, sponsorship and policy Museums and cultural property Libraries The National Archives
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. + Secretary of State Term of office Political partyMinistryJennie Lee 19641967Minister of State for the ArtsHarold Wilson19671970Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Arts The Viscount Eccles20 June 1970 5 June 1973Minister of State for the ArtsEdward HeathNorman St John-Stevas2 December 1973 4 March 1974Hugh Jenkins4 March 19745 April 1976Harold WilsonThe Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge5 April 19764 May 1979James CallaghanNorman St John-Stevas5 May 19795 January 1981Margaret ThatcherPaul Channon5 January 1981 11 June 1983The Earl of Gowrie11 June 19832 September 1985Richard Luce3 September 198525 July 1990David Mellor26 July 199028 November 1990Tim Renton28 November 199011 April 1992John Major David Mellor11 April 199222 September 1992Secretary of State for National HeritagePeter Brooke CH 22 September 199220 July 1994Stephen Dorrell20 July 19945 July 1995Virginia Bottomley5 July 19952 May 1997Mark Fisher2 May 199714 June 1998Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the ArtsTony BlairAlan Howarth28 July 19987 June 2001The Baroness Blackstone8 June 200113 June 2003Minister of State for the ArtsEstelle Morris13 June 20035 May 2005David Lammy5 May 200528 June 2007Minister of State for CultureMargaret Hodge28 June 20073 October 2008Minister of State for Culture and TourismGordon BrownBarbara Follett4 October 200822 September 2009Margaret Hodge22 September 200911 May 2010Ed Vaizey14 May 201015 July 2014Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative IndustriesDavid Cameron15 July 201415 July 2016Minister of State for Culture and the Digital EconomyMatt Hancock15 July 20168 January 2018Minister of State for Digital and CultureTheresa MayMargot James9 January 201818 July 2019Minister of State for Digital and Creative IndustriesNigel Adams24 July 201913 February 2020Minister of State for Sport, Media and Creative IndustriesBoris JohnsonCaroline Dinenage13 February 202015 September 2021Minister of State for Digital and CultureThe Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay30 September 202120 September 2022Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts27 October 2022March 2024Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and HeritageRishi Sunak27 March 20245 July 2024Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Libraries Chris Bryant8 July 2024 6 September 2025Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and TourismKeir StarmerIan Murray6 September 202522 July 2026Minister of State for Creative Industries, Media and ArtsThe Baroness Mackenzie of Sherwood22 July 2026IncumbentParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and MuseumsAndy Burnham
References
External links UK Government document listing past Ministers for the Arts, DCMS (PDF).