Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Arts and Heritage and DCMS Lords Minister)
Organisations:
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Current role holder:
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Responsibilities
- Arts and Libraries
- Museums
- Heritage (including cultural diplomacy)
- National Archives
- Appointments
- All DCMS business in the Lords
Current role holder
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 30 October 2022. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Arts) at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between 30 September 2021 and 20 September 2022.
He was a Lord in Waiting between 14 February 2020 and 20 September 2022.