Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage is a junior minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for sport and tourism in England.

The post is currently at Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State level covering sport, Tourism and Heritage. The position of Minister for Sport was previously at the more senior Minister of State level in the previous government. The sports minister has at various times previously reported to the Department of National Heritage, the Department of Education and Science and the Department of the Environment.

Sport is a devolved matter in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland resting with the corresponding ministers in the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, although when the Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended, responsibility went to the Northern Ireland Office.

Current Portfolio

• Sport
• Gambling
• National lotteries and entertainment licensing
• Tourism
• Heritage
• Royal Parks
• Ceremonials
• Appointments and Honours
• First World War commemorations

Ministers for Sport

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
	The Viscount Hailsham (subsequently Quintin Hogg)		1962	1964	Conservative		Macmillan Douglas-Home
	Denis Howell		1964	1970	Labour		Wilson
	Eldon Griffiths		1970	1974	Conservative		Heath
	Denis Howell		1974	1979	Labour		Wilson Callaghan
	Hector Monro		1979	1981	Conservative		Thatcher
	Neil Macfarlane		1981	1985	Conservative		Thatcher Thatcher
	Richard Tracey		1985	1987	Conservative		Thatcher
	Colin Moynihan		1987	1990	Conservative		Thatcher
	Robert Atkins		1990	1992	Conservative		Major
	Robert Key		1992	1993	Conservative		Major
	Iain Sproat		1993	1997	Conservative		Major
	Tony Banks		1997	1999	Labour		Blair
	Kate Hoey		1999	2001	Labour		Blair
	The Rt Hon. Richard Caborn		2001	2007	Labour		Blair
	Gerry Sutcliffe		2007	2010	Labour		Brown
	Hugh Robertson		2010	2013	Conservative		Cameron
	Helen Grant		7 October 2013	2015	Conservative		Cameron
	Tracey Crouch		12 May 2015	Present	Conservative		Cameron
							May

References

• Past Ministers for Sport (PDF), Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Ministers for Sport of the United Kingdom
Hogg Howell Griffiths Howell Monro Macfarlane Tracey Moynihan Atkins Key Sproat Banks Hoey Caborn Sutcliffe Robertson Grant Crouch

Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom
Headquarters: 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ
Executive agencies	The Royal Parks The National Archives
Non-departmental public bodies	Advisory Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest Theatres Trust Treasure Valuation Committee Executive Arts Council England British Film Institute British Library British Museum Equality and Human Rights Commission Gambling Commission Geffrye Museum Historic England Horniman Museum Horserace Betting Levy Board Imperial War Museum Information Commissioner's Office National Gallery National Heritage Memorial Fund National Maritime Museum National Museums Liverpool National Portrait Gallery Natural History Museum Royal Armouries Science Museum Group Sir John Soane's Museum Sport England Sports Grounds Safety Authority Tate UK Anti-Doping UK Sport Victoria and Albert Museum VisitBritain VisitEngland Wallace Collection Tribunal Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal
Public corporations	BBC BBC Trust Channel Four Television Corporation Historic Royal Palaces Ofcom S4C S4C Authority
Ministers	Secretary of State Karen Bradley Minister of State Culture and the Digital Economy: Matthew Hancock Under-Secretaries of State Sport, Tourism and Heritage: Tracey Crouch Internet Safety and Security: Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields Intellectual Property: Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe
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