Tag: The Earl of Clancarty

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-02-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether arts organisations registered as charities receiving grants for arts purposes provided through National Lottery funding will be subject to the new government policy restricting how such grants may be used.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The anti-lobbying policy covers exchequer-funded grants and does not cover Lottery funding. Arts Council England grants, funded through the National Lottery, are allocated and ring-fenced to support statutory good causes.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-03-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will announce their response to the consultation Implementing the English Baccalaureate.

Lord Nash

The consultation closed on 29 January. We are currently considering the responses and will publish the Government response and final policy in due course.

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 GCSE in each year since 2011 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland combined, and what percentage of the total number of GCSEs this constitutes.

Lord Nash

The Department for Education produces statistics on England only.

The table below shows the total number of pupils attempting Art and Design and the percentage this represents of all pupils attempting GCSEs at the end of key stage 4 for the years requested. This information is published in the “Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2014 to 2015” Statistical First Release available on GOV.UK.

	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Number of pupils attempting Art and Design	155,724	151,601	156,482	164,648	170,783
Pupils[1] attempting GCSE[2] Art and Design as a percentage of all pupils attempting GCSEs	25.4	25.0	25.3	27.1	28.5

[1] Pupils at the end of key stage 4.

[2] GCSE only.

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 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 2016-03-23.

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

Lord Nash

The Department for Education produces statistics on England only.

The table below shows the total number of pupils attempting Art and Design and the percentage this represents of all pupils attempting GCSEs at the end of key stage 4 for the years requested. This information is published in the “Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2014 to 2015” Statistical First Release available on GOV.UK.

	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Number of pupils attempting Art and Design	155,724	151,601	156,482	164,648	170,783
Pupils[1] attempting GCSE[2] Art and Design as a percentage of all pupils attempting GCSEs	25.4	25.0	25.3	27.1	28.5

[1] Pupils at the end of key stage 4.

[2] GCSE only.

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.