The Minister for Sport and Civil Society was a

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in the

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of the

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, with responsibility for

sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

and

Civil Society Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society is a junior position in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the British government. It is currently held by Stuart Andrew who took the office on 2 ...

to become

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society is a junior position in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the British government. It is currently held by Stuart Andrew who took the office on 2 ...

. The post covered sport as well as tourism and heritage. The sports minister has at various times previously reported to the

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, the

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and the

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. Sport is a

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matter in

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and

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resting with the corresponding ministers in the Scottish Government,

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and the

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, although when the Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended, responsibility went to the

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. Under

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

Current responsibilities

Sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

Gambling Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three el ...

* Horse racing *

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* The National Lottery and society lotteries * Cross-government work on loneliness

Ministers for Sport

References

Past Ministers for Sport
(PDF), Department for Culture, Media and Sport {{Ministers for Sport Sport and Tourism Sport in England Tourism in England Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 Summer Paralympics

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