Minister for Sport and Civil Society

United Kingdom Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society
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Incumbent Tracey Crouch MP since 15 June 2017
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 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

• Sport
• Gambling
• Horse racing
• Office for Civil Society
• The National Lottery and society lotteries
• Cross government work on loneliness

Ministers for Sport

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	The Viscount Hailsham (subsequently Quintin Hogg)		1962	1964	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Macmillan Douglas-Home
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Denis Howell		1964	1970	Labour	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Wilson
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Eldon Griffiths		1970	1974	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Heath
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Denis Howell		1974	1979	Labour	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Wilson Callaghan
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Hector Monro		1979	1981	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Neil Macfarlane		1981	1985	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Thatcher Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Richard Tracey	File:RICHARD TRACEY 2007.jpg	1985	1987	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Colin Moynihan		1987	1990	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Robert Atkins		1990	1992	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Major
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Robert Key		1992	1993	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Major
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Iain Sproat		1993	1997	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Major
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tony Banks		1997	1999	Labour	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Blair
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Kate Hoey		1999	2001	Labour	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Blair
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	The Rt Hon. Richard Caborn		2001	2007	Labour	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Blair
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Gerry Sutcliffe		2007	2010	Labour	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Brown
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Hugh Robertson		2010	2013	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Cameron
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Helen Grant		7 October 2013	2015	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Cameron
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tracey Crouch		12 May 2015	Present	Conservative	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Cameron
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References

• Past Ministers for Sport (PDF), Department for Culture, Media and Sport