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3 unusual facts about Department for Culture, Media and Sport


DCMS

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England

Museum of London Group

Prior to this date is was jointly controlled by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the City Corporation.

Royal Parks of London

They are managed by The Royal Parks (an executive agency of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) and are policed by the Royal Parks Operational Command Unit of the Metropolitan Police (the English section of the previous force policing the parks, the Royal Parks Constabulary, has been abolished).


Darren Henley

In 2011, he undertook an independent review of the funding and delivery of music education in England for the Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the UK government.

Ed Vaizey

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).

Liverpool Street signal box

In July 2013 it was one of 26 "highly distinctive" signal boxes listed by Ed Vaizey, minister for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, after a joint initiative by English Heritage and Network Rail to preserve and provide a window into how railways were operated in the past.

Ormside bowl

This was the first time a regional museum has shown its collection at the British Museum and Margaret Hodge the Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport encouraged everybody to view the exhibit.

Saltdean Lido

On 18 March 2011, John Penrose, the Minister for Tourism and Heritage in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, approved the upgrade of Saltdean Lido's listed status from Grade II to the second highest grade, Grade II*.


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