Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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 100 Parliament Street – partly occupied by DCMS |
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| Formed | 1997 |
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| Jurisdiction | England (culture, sport) UK (media) |
| Headquarters | 100 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2BQ, England |
| Employees | 550 (approx) |
| Annual budget | £1.4 billion (current) & £1.3 billion (capital) for 2011–12 |
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| Child Department | |
| Website | www |
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet.
It also has responsibility for the tourism, leisure and creative industries (some joint with Department for Business, Innovation and Skills). The department was also responsible for the delivery of the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and the building of a Digital Economy.
The DCMS originates from the Department of National Heritage (DNH), which itself was created on 11 April 1992 out of various other departments, soon after the Conservative election victory. The former Ministers for the Arts and for Sport had previously been located in other departments.
The DNH was renamed as the "Department for Culture, Media and Sport" on 14 July 1997, under the Premiership of Tony Blair.
DCMS was the co-ordinating department for the successful bid by London to host the 2012 Olympics and appointed and oversees the agencies delivering the Games' infrastructure and programme, principally the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and LOCOG.
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