Tag: The Earl of Clancarty

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2015-11-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have purchased 41–71 Commercial Road, Aldgate, which is currently part of the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design, from London Metropolitan University; and if so, (1) when; (2) which department purchased that building; (3) what was the asking price; (4) how much they paid; (5) whether the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design is being instructed to vacate the premises, and if so, when; and (6) how they intend to use the building in future.

Lord Nash

The Department for Education purchased the Commercial Road site in the name of the Department for Communities and Local Government in June 2015. The site has been leased back to London Metropolitan University until August 2016, after which the site will be developed into a school building. The price paid for the site can be obtained from the land registry.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-03-23.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals took Art and Design GCE AS/A level in each year since 2011 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland combined, and what percentage of the total number of GCE AS/A levels this constitutes.

Lord Nash

The Department for Education produces statistics on England only.

Information on the number of entries of art and design GCE AS/A level and the percentage of the total number of all GCE AS/A level entries for the 2010/11 to 2014/15 academic years is provided in the table below. This information is published in the “A level and other level 3 results: 2014 to 2015 (revised)” Statistical First Release available on GOV.UK.

GCE/A level[1] entries	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Art and Design	42,633	43,236	41,388	40,763	40,747
Percentage of all A level entries that were in A level art and design	5.4	5.5	5.3	5.5	5.4

GCE/AS level[2] entries	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Art and Design	64,945	60,179	59,457	58,460	55,430
Percentage of all AS level entries that were in AS level art and design	5.5	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.1

[1] A level only.

[2] AS level only.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2015-11-30.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will introduce legislation to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The Government remains committed to bringing forward legislation to ratify the Hague Convention and accede to its two Protocols at the first opportunity.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-03-23.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals completed either Art and Design GCE AS/A level or Craft, Creative Arts and Design level 3 vocational qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland combined in each year since 2011.

Lord Nash

As there is no formal definition of what constitutes “Craft, Creative Arts and Design”, it has not been possible to provide the information that is requested.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2015-12-02.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Saudi Arabia in the case of Ashraf Fayadh.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

We are aware of, and concerned about, the case of Palestinian national Mr Ashraf Fayadh. We oppose the death penalty in all circumstances and strongly support freedom of expression in every country. We regularly make the Saudi Arabian authorities aware of our views, and will consider suitable opportunities for raising our concerns over this case.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-04-28.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have carried out research to ascertain the degree of awareness of small businesses about intellectual property rights.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) IP Awareness Survey was first conducted in 2006 and was rerun in 2010 and early 2015. The survey establishes a sense of understanding of IP and IP rights across all sizes of UK firms and all sectors of UK industry. The most recent survey contained 3 sections: an IP knowledge section which tested the respondent’s familiarity with IP, a management section which sought to discover how firms were administering IP within their organisation and a final section which focussed on where IP information and advice was sourced from.

Key findings include:

• 94% of respondents thought that it was important for businesses to understand how to protect their IP.
• 52% of responding firms had protected some sort of IP (either through a single right or a combination).
• 65% of respondents thought that confidentiality agreements are important to protecting their IP. This method of protection was the most popular.
• The majority of surveyed firms have not been involved in a dispute around IP, (over 75%).
• 96% of firms have not valued their IP.
• 79% of firms did not know that telling people about an invention before applying for a patent could lead to an unsuccessful application.
• 28% of firms check they are not infringing other people’s IP, the most popular IP management activity amongst respondents.
• 20% of firms indicated that they license their IP, allowing others to use it for a fee.

In addition to this formal piece of research the IPO routinely surveys businesses in the course of designing and delivering its business support and outreach activities. This is intended to help to monitor and assess the effectiveness of these activities to ensure they are fit for purpose and if necessary improve, develop and even cease them for alternative approaches.

The IPO is using findings from its own and other business surveys to inform its approach to business outreach and the creation of IP advisory and support tools.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2015-12-02.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 2 December (HL3697) regarding the sale of 41–71 Commercial Road, Aldgate, for which school the site will be developed; and whether that school will use the entire site.

Lord Nash

The school site has been leased back to the university until August 2016. This allows the EFA to develop the site in time for a school to open there in September 2017.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-04-28.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to better inform small businesses about all aspects of intellectual property rights, including action that such businesses can take to protect such rights.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) undertakes a wide range of activities to promote understanding of Intellectual Property (IP) amongst Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in order that they can make an informed decision on whether and how to protect, commercialise and enforce their IP.

IPO products and priority activities focus on:

a) Raising awareness of the importance of IP;

b) Improving the IP skills of business advisors and intermediaries;

c) Emphasising that IP is an essential element of an overall business strategy.

The offerings include online tools, face to face business and adviser training, and partnership delivery.

The numerous online resources are designed to help businesses to recognise their IP assets, to manage those assets effectively and to help businesses communicate the value of their IP portfolio to lenders or investors when seeking finance.

The IPO has a small team that runs UK seminars and workshops on IP for businesses and advisors and it also provides an intensive, commercially run training course to improve their understanding of IP.

It also works with partners within and outside government to ensure that businesses in every part of the UK can access good quality IP advice and understand the importance of managing their IP. Key partnerships include the UK PatLib Network and UK Business & IP Centre Network as well as Business Growth Hubs

All these support activities provide guidance and information on how businesses may resolve IP disputes or take effective enforcement action. In addition, the UK overseas IP attachés work with local UK Trade and Investment and Foreign and Commonwealth Office leads to provide support for UK businesses seeking advice on local IP matters abroad.

I will place further information on these resources in the Libraries of the House.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2015-12-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 8 December (HL3697), what is the name of the new school; whether that school is a free school; and what involvement, if any, the New Schools Network had in founding that school.

Lord Nash

We cannot yet confirm which school the Commercial Road site will be developed for as the latest wave of applications is currently being assessed. Whether the entire site will be used will depend on the type of school approved.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-05-09.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce legislation to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols within the next Session.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.