The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society is a junior position in the

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in the British government. It is currently held by

Stuart Andrew Stuart James Andrew (born 25 November 1971) is a Welsh politician serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society since September 2022 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities s ...

who took the office on 27 October 2022. The position was created by the

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after the 2017 general election. The role is a successor of the Minister for Tourism and Heritage which was abolished in 2012 after the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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. The position gained the portfolio of the former

Minister for Sport and Civil Society The Minister for Sport and Civil Society was a junior minister in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for sport and Civil Society in England. In 2020, the role merged with tha ...

in 2020.

Responsibilities

The minister has responsibility of the following policy areas: * Arts * Culture * Heritage * Public libraries *

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s * National Archives *

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List of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism

Office formed out of

and Minister for Tourism and Heritage

References

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