Prime Minister David Cameron seemingly made it very clear that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) was nowhere near of the same importance to him following the conclusion of London 2012 on September 4 last year.

With the Paralympic Games almost at an end, the Prime Minister plucked Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt from the top of the DCMS and made him new Secretary of State for Health as "a reward" for helping London stage the one of the best Olympics and Paralympics in history.

Hunt was indeed the top-ranking Government official directly in charge of the London 2012, although there is no doubt that it was Olympics and Sports Minister Hugh Robertson who did far more to ensure the success of the Games.

Nevertheless, Hunt was one of the big winners in Cameron's September Cabinet reshuffle. It is no secret how close the pair are after the Prime Minister stood unashamedly behind the MP for South West Surrey when many were calling for Hunt to be axed in early 2012 following allegations of secret deals involving Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation to ensure it was successful in its bid to take over BSkyB.

With Hunt promoted, in as the new Culture Secretary was Maria Miller.

Her full title: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Women and Equality - the Olympics part that Hunt had noticeably dropped with London 2012 at end.

The MP for Basingstoke was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Disabled People at the Department for Work and Pensions and her appointment marked a significant promotion for a politician who had not been previously marked out as a potential successor to Hunt; and a politician not renowned for their sporting knowledge.

Cameron, it appears, wasn't interested enough in the DCMS post London 2012 to leave one of his chief lieutenants in place as Culture Secretary and more recently, the entire Department has been relocated from their prominent setting in Cockspur Street opposite Trafalgar Square to Parliament Street, where they have been shoved in with a number of other Government Departments.

But apparently his interest in creating a real legacy from London 2012 is as strong as ever.

No less than London 2012 and British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Sebastian Coe has been appointed as his Olympic and Paralympic legacy ambassador while, in a recent joint letter with Mayor of London Boris Johnson, he promised not to let the Games legacy die by avoiding the mistakes made by previous host cities.

Sport is doing its best to keep showing its own relevance post-London 2012, as I saw myself at Festival Wakeboard Park in Essex earlier this week where Sport England announced a major £24 million ($37 million/€28 million) investment boost for their successful Sportivate programme which aims to get young people between 14 to 25-year-olds more involved in sport.

The announcement came as the DCMS also unveiled their new "inspired by 2012" brand - a logo to be used by organisations connected to the events of 2012 such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Diamond Jubilee.

It is hoped the logo will continue to harness and promote the huge amount of goodwill and enthusiasm generated last summer and Miller, who was in attendance in Essex, claimed that it showed that the London 2012 legacy for sport in the UK is not dying.

"We are determined to make that feeling of inspiration and enthusiasm last," Miller told me.

"One of the strengths of the 2012 legacy is that it means many different things to different people and there is a real legacy from the Games that is thriving. The number of people playing sport is on the rise, which is really good news. It's really important we keep the momentum going and help even more young people develop a sporting habit for life."

Next on Miller's sporting agenda is the rather crucial appointing of two new chairs for UK Sport and Sport England.

The announcement has been delayed for some time but it is finally set to come this month, with Britain's 11-time Paralympic wheelchair racing champion Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson set to replace Richard Lewis as Sport England chair - as first reported on insidethegames - and an unpredictable battle currently taking place to succeed Baroness Sue Campbell as the UK Sport supremo.

Miller told me that the delay is largely because "Getting the right people in place is of fundamental importance", and she is very right.

Not so long ago, the Government were set to merge the two organisations together and it was only following a long, heated protest, spearheaded by Campbell, that the rather bizarre plan was abandoned.

The two separate chairs will now be instrumental alongside Miller and Robertson at the DCMS in ensuring sport remains on the Government's top table as the warm London 2012 afterglow slowly fades away.

UK Sport bringing more major events to Britain will certainly serve as a welcoming reminder to all at the top of Government but it is the quartet of the Culture Secretary, the Sports Minister and the new UK Sport and Sport England chairs that must fight the hardest to ensure that the changing face of sport in these shores doesn't become unrecognisable from the one we witnessed beaming brightly last summer.

If they fail, sport - and the DCMS - faces the unwelcome prospect of going from its high-ranking London 2012 position back to being the toy department.

Tom Degun is a reporter for insidethegames. To follow him on Twitter click here.