Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) helps to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain abroad. We protect and promote our cultural and artistic heritage and help businesses and communities to grow by investing in innovation and highlighting Britain as a fantastic place to visit. We help to give the UK a unique advantage on the global stage, striving for economic success. DCMS is supported by 1 public body.

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Ministers

• The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP
  Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Julia Lopez MP
  Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure
• The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society, and Minister for Equalities)
• Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Arts and Heritage and DCMS Lords Minister)
• Paul Scully MP
  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy

Petitions linked to this department

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• Stop the 6-month advance payment for TV licences
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  23 signatures

• Fund Fibreoptic internet cable for every house in England
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  24 signatures

• Create legislation to prevent COVID-19 & vaccine misinformation on social media
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  844 signatures

• Increase funding for 'under cover' outdoor sports facilities during wet weather
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  9 signatures

• Allow non league football teams to open their club houses in tier 2 and 3
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  11 signatures

• Introduce licences that are required to set up social media accounts
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  22 signatures

• Keep all indoor fitness facilities open in all tiers, including tier 4
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  176 signatures

• Ban all non-elite football matches until 2021.
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  8 signatures

• Additional Funding for Local and Community Theatres during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  151 signatures

• Introduce specific Cyber Security requirements for businesses that hold our data
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  23 signatures

• Introduce a compulsory 10% levy on Greyhound Racing profit from bookmakers.
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  97 signatures

• Allow indoor theatre and live events in Tier 3 areas if they are covid-secure!
  Open from Wednesday 16th December 2020 to Wednesday 16th June 2021
  14 signatures

• Publish the security evaluation outcomes of ALL 5G venders.
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  171 signatures

• Make service providers of telecoms responsible for financial loss through fraud
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  14 signatures

• Take back responsibility for funding free licences for over 75s from the BBC
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  11,756 signatures

• Equal rights for Islamic marriage ceremonies in the Marriage Act 1949
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  49 signatures

• Allow ice rinks to remain open under Tier 3 of the regional lockdown system
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  1,636 signatures

• Reverse the decision to prevent yoga studios opening throughout tier 3.
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  9,382 signatures

• Require social media companies to verify age of users and label child accounts
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  212 signatures

• Support freelance sports instructors/coaches in England with freelance funding
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  132 signatures

• Introduce rapid Covid-19 testing for weddings to permit close contact of guests
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  211 signatures

• Cancel Festival UK* 2022
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  1,612 signatures

• Allocate funds to boxing as part of the Sport Winter Survival Package
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  6,903 signatures

• Require festivals to provide drug testing facilities
  Open from Wednesday 25th November 2020 to Tuesday 25th May 2021
  81 signatures

• Shut down the BBC
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  266 signatures

• Trial allowing fans back into stadiums once lockdown ends
  Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
  134 signatures

• Provide a Roadmap relating to the return of fans to stadiums
  Open from Tuesday 17th November 2020 to Monday 17th May 2021
  10 signatures

• Abolish the TV Licence fee
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  5,994 signatures

• Allow outdoor amateur football to continue during lockdown
  Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
  76 signatures

• Allow Grassroots Rugby League to continue during winter lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  33 signatures

• Exempt outdoor tennis from closure due to COVID-19
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  27,733 signatures

• Allow indoor/outdoor tennis courts to operate under strict distancing protocols
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  725 signatures

• Allow outdoor COVID secure running events during lockdown
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  33 signatures

• Keep swimming pools open during all stages of lockdown
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  34 signatures

• Exempt shooting ranges from the list of venues required to close due to COVID-19
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  43 signatures

• Allow horse riding schools to stay open during 2nd lockdown
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  531 signatures

• Require all community dance groups to be a member of a regulated governing body
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  87 signatures

• Allow golf to be played with appropriate safety measures
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  132,728 signatures

• Keep gyms and leisure facilities open during any lockdown
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  8,135 signatures

• Allow outdoor grassroot youth sport to continue during national lockdowns
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  92 signatures

• Allow Grassroots football to keep going for juniors
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  482 signatures

• Allow all dance studios to open with covid safety precautions in place
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  6,107 signatures

• Extend the Gambling Act to cover Loot Boxes
  Open from Tuesday 3rd November 2020 to Monday 3rd May 2021
  26 signatures

• Save Community Sports Clubs and Leisure Facilities with a Sports Recovery Fund
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  46,767 signatures

• Allow the return of competitive contact matches within grass roots rugby
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  109 signatures

• Pay musicians for lost income from contracted guaranteed fees due to Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  26 signatures

• Allow the resumption of Indoor Tennis across the UK in Tier 2 and Tier 3.
  Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
  1,336 signatures

• Make it illegal to display publicly after death a body without their permission
  Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
  85 signatures

• Remove the ‘household’ restrictions for indoor Tennis for areas in Tier 2
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  1,001 signatures

• Amend the BBC's royal charter to limit salaries to a maximum of £250,000 a year
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  53 signatures

• Allow open-air swimming pools, lidos & lakes to open in a new Covid-19 lockdown
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  31,735 signatures

• Require naturism events to be only open to adults.
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  68 signatures

• Allow swimming pools to remain open during Covid-19 in all alert levels
  Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
  6,920 signatures

• Give nightclubs a focus date or month on when to reopen their doors
  Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
  13 signatures

• Allow lottery funds to go to animal charities
  Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
  145 signatures

• Approve the return to training plan for contact sports
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  10,750 signatures

• Help Save British Ice Hockey to fund them thorough hard times due to Covid 19
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  83 signatures

• Return of the Parthenon Marbles through the establishment of an independent body
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  251 signatures

• Stop Romance Scams
  Open from Wednesday 21st October 2020 to Wednesday 21st April 2021
  15 signatures

• Close gyms to reduce Covid transmission
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  30 signatures

• Region-specific arts councils to support artists
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  16 signatures

• Amend rules on indoor sports to allow players who turn 18 to finish the season
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  1,390 signatures

• Exempt amateur boxing from Covid-19 restrictions
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  11,394 signatures

• Allow spectators back into watch British horse racing at racecourses
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  3,659 signatures

• Consider support for swimming clubs due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  1,237 signatures

• Fund free TV licences for the over 75s
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  22 signatures

• Provide increased support to the cinema industry to protect it and employees
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  287 signatures

• Ban DRM and protect consumer rights to use technology without restriction
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  17 signatures

• Introduce new broadcasting requirements for weight loss programming
  Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
  112 signatures

• Formally recognise Stand-up comedy as an art form and ensure it receives funding
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  141 signatures

• Remove the use of the word British from the British Broadcasting Cooperation
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  95 signatures

• Minimum age 16 for all social media apps and platforms
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  100 signatures

• Allow the Trustees of the British Museum to accept repatriation requests
  Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
  2,650 signatures

• Urge Ofcom to ban racial slurs such as the N-word in media broadcasting
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  340 signatures

• Allow football fans to attend matches at all levels
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  200,571 signatures

• Fund free TV licences for the over 70 year old.
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  23 signatures

• Make online abuse of disabled people a specific criminal offence
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  34 signatures

• Create legal age restrictions for music
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  60 signatures

• Ban advertising alcohol on TV
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  35 signatures

• Introduce fact checking as a compulsory part of the education curriculum
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  38 signatures

• Remove all restrictions on amateur musicians
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  52 signatures

• Allow under 350 capacity venues to reopen with Covid-secure guidelines
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  23 signatures

• Greater regulation of online gambling including stake limits
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  30 signatures

• Ban all Anonymous Image-Based Bulletin Boards
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  228 signatures

• Fund the BBC from general taxation and end the TV Licence.
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  63 signatures

• Fund support for lower-league professional and semi-professional football clubs
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  40 signatures

• Introduce mandatory trigger warnings on fiction books
  Open from Monday 14th September 2020 to Sunday 14th March 2021
  27 signatures

• Make it law for dating and chat sites to require proof of age
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  15 signatures

• Make OFCOM open more frequencies for local radio in light of excess syndication
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  43 signatures

• Decrease the UK's copyright term length to 50 years after the creator's death
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  15 signatures

• Ban all advertising of carbon-emitting SUVs in the UK
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  46 signatures

• Create a National Museum of Black History and Culture
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  758 signatures

• Make sending unsolicited explicit photos a specific sexual offence
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  29 signatures

• Justice for Daniel Morgan: Finish the Leveson Inquiry
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  23 signatures

• Make it illegal for companies to be able to cold call.
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  45 signatures

• Ban gambling advertisements on television and radio.
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  144 signatures

• Require Sports England to recognise multiple governing bodies for sports
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  190 signatures

• Ban anonymous accounts on messaging apps
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  44 signatures

• Restrict the share size of individuals and companies in the Media industry.
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  121 signatures

• Decriminalise BBC tv licence evasion
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  130 signatures

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