About Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

We are responsible for fast growing, forward-looking, strategically important parts of the economy, sectors which make up 14% of GDP, 17% of trade and 25% of UK businesses. Our work protects and promotes local civil society and our cultural and artistic heritage; we are caretakers of many things GDP cannot measure that are nonetheless of enormous social value.

Our great opportunity is to help bring these worlds together. The nexus where digital innovation and creative ability collide will be the heart of the future economy. Our society is defined by local communities; places immeasurably strengthened by civil society, civic institutions and the people, young and old, who contribute to their wellbeing. Britain’s future will be built on a thriving economy and confident society; a solid foundation from which to make bold ventures. DCMS is ideally placed to make this happen.