In the

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, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage is a ministerial post in the

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. The post is usually a

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to middle-ranking minister to the more senior Secretary of State, who runs the entire department and is ultimately responsible for the department's brief. The post has been in a variety of ministries, but after 1997 it has been a

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position in the

. From 1992 to 1997, the post was combined with the office of Secretary of State for National Heritage. The title of the post was changed to Minister for Culture in 2005, and to Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism in 2007. Under that last title, the office was held by Barbara Follett MP, who was appointed on 5 October 2008, until 22 September 2009.

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was appointed by then

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to the position as Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries at

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level, a post Vaizey initially split between the

(DCMS) and the

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(BIS), but is now entirely placed in the DCMS.

Current portfolio

*Arts and museums *Ceremonials *DCMS business in the Lords

Ministers for the Arts

''The individuals who have held the office of Minister for the Arts or equivalent existing positions, their terms and under which Prime Minister.''

References

External links

UK Government document listing past Ministers for the Arts
DCMS (

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). {{Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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