Department for Culture, Media and Sport

United Kingdom government ministerial department
Organization department_of_the_united_kingdom_government Q910019
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Summary

Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom Government[1]. It draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_the_united_kingdom_government category, ranking #5 of 41).[2]

Key Facts

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's field of work was culture[3].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's field of work was mass media[4].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's field of work was sport[5].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport is located in London[6].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport is in the country of United Kingdom[7].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's instance of is recorded as department of the United Kingdom Government[8].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's instance of is recorded as ministry of culture[9].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's instance of is recorded as government agency[10].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's child organization or unit is recorded as Horserace Betting Levy Board[11].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's child organization or unit is recorded as Treasure Valuation Committee[12].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's child organization or unit is recorded as Government Art Collection[13].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's Commons category is recorded as Department for Culture, Media and Sport[14].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport comprises Government Art Collection[15].
  • 1997 marks the founding of Department for Culture, Media and Sport[16].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's official website is recorded as https://www.gov.uk/dcms[17].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Department for Culture, Media and Sport[18].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[19].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's replaces is recorded as Department of National Heritage[20].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's official blog URL is recorded as https://dcmsblog.uk/[21].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's official blog URL is recorded as https://dcmsblog.uk/[22].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's position held by head of the organization is recorded as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport[23].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's exact match is recorded as https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-02zqy3981[24].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Govdirectory[25].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+238968'}[26].
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+227898'}[27].

Body

Founding

1997 marks the founding of Department for Culture, Media and Sport[16].

Operations

Subsidiaries include Horserace Betting Levy Board[11], a non-departmental public body[28], in United Kingdom[29]; Treasure Valuation Committee[12], a non-departmental public body[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1997[32]; and Government Art Collection[13], an art collection[33], in United Kingdom[34], founded in 1899[35], headquartered in City of Westminster[36].

Industry

Fields of work include culture[3], a concept[37]; mass media[4], an academic discipline[38]; and sport[5], a type of activity[39].

Why It Matters

Department for Culture, Media and Sport draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_the_united_kingdom_government category, ranking #5 of 41).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . iatiregistry.org. Retrieved . iatiregistry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . gov.uk. Retrieved . gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . FindThatCharity.uk. Retrieved . findthatcharity.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Official website https://www.gov.uk/dcms
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