Written questions

Tourism: Departmental Responsibilities

Commons · Question 86850 · Tabled 30 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 27 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential benefits for her policies on tourism of appointing a full-time Tourism Minister focused exclusively on tourism.

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 27 Nov 2025

The Government has a Minister responsible for Tourism, within a portfolio that also includes Sport, Civil Society and Youth. As ambitions to promote growth and improve the productivity of the tourism sector are reliant on a cross-government approach, DCMS...