Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage
In the Government of the United Kingdom, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage is a ministerial post in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage | |
|---|---|
Royal Arms as used by His Majesty's Government | |
| 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 |
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.