Huddleston, the Conservative MP for Mid Worcestershire, is the vice-chairman of the Conservative Party with responsibility for youth issues.
He takes over from Baroness Barran who was moved to the schools minister brief at the Department for Education in last month’s reshuffle.
Barran was handed responsibility for youth issues and civil society at the DCMS in July 2019, and had been overseeing reviews of the department’s spending on programmes for young people, including the National Citizen Service, and council youth work duties.
Huddleston was appointed under secretary of state at the DCMS in February 2020. Youth and civil society issues have been added to his previous responsibilities for sport, the Commonwealth Games, tourism and heritage. He is also an assistant government whip.
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