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Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

The DCMS is responsible for Government policy on the arts, sport, the National Lottery, tourism, libraries, museums and galleries, broadcasting, creative industries including film, the music industry, press freedom and regulation, licensing, gambling and the historic environment. We are responsible for 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

We are also responsible for the listing of historic buildings and scheduling of ancient monuments, the export licensing of cultural goods, the management of the Government Art Collection and for the Royal Park Agency.

We have responsibility for humanitarian assistance in the event of a disaster such as the London bombings, as well as the organisation of the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Cenotaph.

In May 2005 we broadened our existing links to the creative industries by taking over responsibility for fashion design, advertising and the arts market from the Department for Trade & Industry (DTI).

We now also work jointly with DTI on design issues (including sponsorship of the Design Council) and on relations with the computer games and publishing industries.

Opening times: Monday to Friday 9.30am-4.30pm.