Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Background

According to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) website, they "aim to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries."

Advertising and the DCMS

The DCMS works together with the advertising industry in order that it can succeed as a creative industry. It works with the following advertising industry bodies: the Advertising Association, the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers, and the Advertising Standards Authority.

People

• Jonathan Stephens Permanent Secretary

Ministers

• Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport
• Gerry Sutcliffe MP Minister for Sport
• Barbara Follett MP Minister for Culture, Creative Industries & Tourism
• Stephen Carter CBE Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting, working jointly for DCMS and the Department for Business, Enterprise Regulatory & Reform (BERR)
• Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP Minister for the Olympics - working out of Cabinet Office

Partnerships and Programmes

• Andrew Ramsay Director General

Mick Elliott, Director, Culture; Jon Zeff, Director, Media; Paul Bolt, Director, Sports and Leisure; Graham Turnock, Director, Programmes

Contact details, Resources, Notes

Contact

• Address: UK Government Department 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH
• Phone: 020 7211 6200
• Fax:
• Website: http://www.culture.gov.uk/index.aspx