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Minister for Sport and Civil Society

The minister for sport and civil society was 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. In 2020, the role merged with that of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism to become Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society.

The post covered sport as well as tourism and heritage. The sports minister has at various times previously reported to the Department for Education and Science (1964–1969), Ministry of Housing and Local Government (1969–1970), Department of the Environment (1970–1990), Department for Education and Science (1990–1992), Department of National Heritage (1992–1997) and Department for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–present).

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.

Under Margaret Thatcher the office was known as Under-Secretary of State for Sport.

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	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Minister of State for Sport
Denis Howell	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]	20 October 1964	13 October 1969	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Wilson
Denis Howell	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]	13 October 1969	24 June 1970	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Wilson
Eldon Griffiths	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]	24 June 1970	4 March 1974	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Heath
Denis Howell	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]	7 March 1974	3 May 1979	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Wilson
Callaghan
Hector Monro	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]	4 May 1979	13 September 1981	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Thatcher I
Neil Macfarlane	[[File:Neil Macfarlane (3x4 crop).jpg	60px]]	14 September 1981	2 September 1985	Thatcher I
Thatcher II
Richard Tracey	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]	7 September 1985	13 June 1987	Thatcher II
Colin Moynihan	[[File:Official portrait of Lord Moynihan crop 2.jpg	60px]]	22 June 1987	26 July 1990	Thatcher III
Robert Atkins	[[File:Sir Robert Atkins (Martin Rulsch) 1.jpg	60px]]	26 July 1990	14 April 1992	Thatcher III
Major I
Robert Key	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]	14 April 1992	26 May 1993	Major II
Iain Sproat	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]	26 May 1993	1 May 1997
Tony Banks	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]	2 May 1997	20 October 1999	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Blair I
Kate Hoey	[[File:Official portrait of Baroness Hoey crop 1.jpg	60px]]	20 October 1999	7 June 2001
Richard Caborn	[[File:Richard Caborn.jpg	60px]]	11 June 2001	17 June 2005	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Blair II
Richard Caborn	[[File:Richard Caborn.jpg	60px]]	17 June 2005	28 June 2007	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Blair III
Gerry Sutcliffe	[[File:Gerry Sutcliffe.jpg	60px]]	29 June 2007	6 May 2010	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Brown
Hugh Robertson	[[File:Hugh Robertson Official.jpg	60px]]	14 May 2010	6 September 2012	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Cameron I
Hugh Robertson	[[File:Hugh Robertson Official.jpg	60px]]	6 September 2012	7 October 2013	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Cameron I
Helen Grant	[[File:Official portrait of Mrs Helen Grant MP crop 2.jpg	60px]]	7 October 2013	12 May 2015	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Cameron I
Tracey Crouch	[[File:Official portrait of Tracey Crouch MP crop 2.jpg	60px]]	12 May 2015	15 June 2017	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Cameron II
May I
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Tracey Crouch	[[File:Official portrait of Tracey Crouch MP crop 2.jpg	60px]]	15 June 2017	1 November 2018	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	May II
Mims Davies	[[File:Mims Davies.jpg	60px]]	5 November 2018	25 July 2019	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Nigel Adams	[[File:Official portrait of Nigel Adams MP crop 2.jpg	60px]]	24 July 2019	13 February 2020	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Johnson I
Johnson II
Nigel Huddleston	[[File:Official portrait of Nigel Huddleston MP crop 2.jpg	60px]]	13 February 2020	7 September 2022	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Johnson II
Stuart Andrew	[[File:Official portrait of Stuart Andrew crop 2, 2021.jpg	60px]]	20 September 2022	27 October 2022	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Truss
Stuart Andrew	[[File:Official portrait of Stuart Andrew crop 2, 2021.jpg	60px]]	27 October 2022	7 February 2023	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Sunak
Stuart Andrew	[[File:Official portrait of Stuart Andrew crop 2, 2021.jpg	60px]]	7 February 2023	5 July 2024	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Sunak

References

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

Wikipedia Source

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