Minister for Sport and Civil Society
| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society | |
|---|---|
Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government | |
| Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
| Style | Sports Minister |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| Seat | Westminster |
| Nominator | Theresa May |
| Appointer | Elizabeth II |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | The Viscount Hailsham |
| Formation | 1962 |
| Website | Official website |
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society is a junior minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for sport and Civil Society in England. The current postholder is Mims Davies. [1]
The post is currently at Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State level covering sport, Tourism and Heritage. The position of Minister for Sport was previously at the more senior Minister of State level in the previous government. The sports minister has at various times previously reported to the Department of National Heritage, the Department of Education and Science and the Department of the Environment.
Sport is a devolved matter in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland resting with the corresponding ministers in the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, although when the Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended, responsibility went to the Northern Ireland Office.
Current Responsibilities[edit]
- Sport
- Gambling
- Horse racing
- Office for Civil Society
- The National Lottery and society lotteries
- Cross government work on loneliness
Ministers for Sport[edit]
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Viscount Hailsham (subsequently Quintin Hogg) |
1962 | 1964 | Conservative | Macmillan Douglas-Home | |||
| Denis Howell | 1964 | 1970 | Labour | Wilson | |||
| Eldon Griffiths | 1970 | 1974 | Conservative | Heath | |||
| Denis Howell | 1974 | 1979 | Labour | Wilson Callaghan | |||
| Hector Monro | 1979 | 1981 | Conservative | Thatcher | |||
| Neil Macfarlane | 1981 | 1985 | Conservative | Thatcher Thatcher | |||
| Richard Tracey | 1985 | 1987 | Conservative | Thatcher | |||
| Colin Moynihan | 1987 | 1990 | Conservative | Thatcher | |||
| Robert Atkins | 1990 | 1992 | Conservative | Major | |||
| Robert Key | 1992 | 1993 | Conservative | Major | |||
| Iain Sproat | 1993 | 1997 | Conservative | Major | |||
| Tony Banks | 1997 | 1999 | Labour | Blair | |||
| Kate Hoey | 1999 | 2001 | Labour | Blair | |||
| The Rt Hon. Richard Caborn | 2001 | 2007 | Labour | Blair | |||
| Gerry Sutcliffe | 2007 | 2010 | Labour | Brown | |||
| Hugh Robertson | 2010 | 2013 | Conservative | Cameron | |||
| Helen Grant | 2013 | 2015 | Conservative | Cameron | |||
| Tracey Crouch | 2015 | 2018 | Conservative | Cameron | |||
| May May | |||||||
| Mims Davies | 2018 | present | Conservative | May | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Reporters, Telegraph (5 November 2018). "Mims Davies named Sports Minister after Tracey Crouch resignation" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- Past Ministers for Sport (PDF), Department for Culture, Media and Sport