# Minister for Sport and Civil Society

The minister for sport and civil society was a junior minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for sport and Civil Society in England. In 2020, the role merged with that of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism to become Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society.
The post covered sport as well as tourism and heritage. The sports minister has at various times previously reported to the Department for Education and Science (1964–1969), Ministry of Housing and Local Government (1969–1970), Department of the Environment (1970–1990), Department for Education and Science (1990–1992), Department of National Heritage (1992–1997) and Department for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–present).
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.
Under Margaret Thatcher the office was known as Under-Secretary of State for Sport.

## Current responsibilities

* Sport
* Gambling
* Horse racing
* Office for Civil Society
* The National Lottery and society lotteries
* Cross-government work on loneliness

## Ministers for Sport

| Name | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport ||||||||
| | Denis Howell | 20 October 1964 | 13 October 1969 | Labour | Wilson |
| Minister of State for Sport ||||||||
| | Denis Howell | 13 October 1969 | 24 June 1970 | Labour | Wilson |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport ||||||||
| | Eldon Griffiths | 24 June 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | Heath |
| Minister of State for Sport ||||||||
| | Denis Howell | 7 March 1974 | 3 May 1979 | Labour | Wilson |
| | Denis Howell | 7 March 1974 | 3 May 1979 | Labour | Callaghan |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport ||||||||
| | Hector Monro | 4 May 1979 | 13 September 1981 | Conservative | Thatcher I |
| | Neil Macfarlane | 14 September 1981 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | Thatcher I |
| | Neil Macfarlane | 14 September 1981 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | Thatcher II |
| | Richard Tracey | 7 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | Thatcher II |
| | Colin Moynihan | 22 June 1987 | 26 July 1990 | Conservative | Thatcher III |
| | Robert Atkins | 26 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Thatcher III |
| | Robert Atkins | 26 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Major I |
| | Robert Key | 14 April 1992 | 26 May 1993 | Conservative | Major II |
| | Iain Sproat | 26 May 1993 | 1 May 1997 | Conservative | Major II |
| | Tony Banks | 2 May 1997 | 20 October 1999 | Labour | Blair I |
| | Kate Hoey | 20 October 1999 | 7 June 2001 | Labour | Blair I |
| Minister of State for Sport ||||||||
| | Richard Caborn | 11 June 2001 | 17 June 2005 | Labour | Blair II |
| Minister of State for Sport and Tourism ||||||||
| | Richard Caborn | 17 June 2005 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Blair III |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport ||||||||
| | Gerry Sutcliffe | 29 June 2007 | 6 May 2010 | Labour | Brown |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and the Olympics ||||||||
| | Hugh Robertson | 14 May 2010 | 6 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron I |
| Minister of State for Sport and Olympic Legacy Tourism ||||||||
| | Hugh Robertson | 6 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | Cameron I |
| Minister of State for Sport and Tourism ||||||||
| | Helen Grant | 7 October 2013 | 12 May 2015 | Conservative | Cameron I |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Heritage, and Tourism ||||||||
| | Tracey Crouch | 12 May 2015 | 15 June 2017 | Conservative | Cameron II |
| | Tracey Crouch | 12 May 2015 | 15 June 2017 | Conservative | May I |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness ||||||||
| | Tracey Crouch | 15 June 2017 | 1 November 2018 | Conservative | May II |
| | Mims Davies | 5 November 2018 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | May II |
| Minister of State for Sport, Media and Creative Industries ||||||||
| | Nigel Adams | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson I |
| | Nigel Adams | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson II |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society ||||||||
| | Nigel Huddleston | 13 February 2020 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson II |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Arts and Ceremonials ||||||||
| | Stuart Andrew | 20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society ||||||||
| | Stuart Andrew | 27 October 2022 | 7 February 2023 | Conservative | Sunak |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society ||||||||
| | Stuart Andrew | 7 February 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak |