Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England
Sheffield's metalwork collection comprises more than 13,000 objects and has been awarded Designated Collection status by DCMS, signifying a 'pre-eminent collection of national and international importance held in England's non-national museums'.
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Edward Henry Butler Vaizey (born 5 June 1968) is the UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State post with responsibilities in both the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The Advisory Committee is currently chaired by Julia Somerville and comprises five ex officio members (the Directors of the National, National Portrait and Tate Galleries, as well as the Directors of the Government Art Collection and the Arts and Culture Directorate of DCMS), together with an additional four independent members.
The department was subsequently merged into the Home Office, before transferring to the DCMS on 4 September 2012 following a Cabinet reshuffle.
The Festival culminated in a Gala night at the West End’s Duke of York’s Theatre, which was attended by Cherie Booth QC and the Secretary of State DCMS, Tessa Jowell, who called the evening “one of the year’s cultural highlights”.