Department for Culture, Media and Recreation

What we do

The Department for Culture, Media and Recreation is responsible for culture, media and recreation policy.

Responsibilities

• culture, arts, museums, libraries, archives and heritage
• media and public-service broadcasting
• recreation, tourism, civil society and public events
• sponsorship of national cultural institutions and relevant public bodies

Our ministers

Agencies and public bodies

• Arts Council HavensteadExecutive non-departmental public body
• British Film InstituteExecutive non-departmental public body
• Havenstead Broadcasting ServicePublic service media body
• Havenstead LibraryExecutive non-departmental public body
• Historic HavensteadExecutive non-departmental public body
• The Charity CommissionNon-ministerial department
• The National ArchivesNon-ministerial department
• Visit HavensteadExecutive non-departmental public body

High profile groups and services

• National Recreation ServiceSponsored public-service organisation