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693182

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Government Art Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that items from the Government Art Collection are displayed where they can be readily viewed by communities around the country.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	65036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>We are looking at options for increasing public access to the Government Art Collection (GAC). Around two-thirds of the collection's holdings of over 14,000 works of art are already on display in more than 370 buildings at home and abroad promoting the UK and its art. For example, an exhibition from the Collection will be held in Hull during its tenure as the UK City of Culture.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/02/2017 16:24:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

693183

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Government Art Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in which locations items from the Government Art Collection have been shown in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	65037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>A list of the locations in which items from the Government Art Collection have been shown in the last 12 months is attached.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/02/2017 17:42:07 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2017 11:19:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name GAC PQ 65037 amended.docx title List of Locations - Amended - Additions in Red previous answer version 37353 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name GAC PQ 65037 list.pdf title List of locations the GAC has been shown
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

687956

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	British Board of Film Classification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2017 to Question 63301, on the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), for what reason she did not provide in her Answer the dates on which Ministers of her Department met the BBFC.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	63863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Ministers have met the BBFC on a number of occasions, including as part of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety Executive Board. In addition, David Austin the Chief Exec of the BBFC was a witness at a Digital Economy Bill Committee evidence session on 11 October 2016. The Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office and I both sat on the Public Bill Committee.</p><p>The latest meeting with Ministers took place on 22nd February.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/02/2017 10:52:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

685455

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	British Board of Film Classification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates Ministers of her Department have met the British Board of Film Classification to discuss the Digital Economy Bill since July 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	63301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>We have been in regular dialogue with the BBFC since July 2015.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/02/2017 13:00:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

677952

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to reply to the letter of 16 December 2016 from the hon. Member for West Bromwich East on the recently revealed fraud against the National Lottery.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	61339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>A response was sent to the Hon. Member on January 25th 2017.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 27/01/2017 11:51:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

673512

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in England in receipt of free school meals studied art at GCSE in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	60136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of entries in art and design and music GCSEs[1] by pupils who are eligible for school meals in England from 2010/11 to 2015/16 (provisional) is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupils at the end of key stage 4, state funded schools</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14[1]</p></td><td><p>2014/15[2]</p></td><td><p>2015/16[3]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GCSE art and design entries by pupils eligible for free school meals</p></td><td><p>18,038</p></td><td><p>17,966</p></td><td><p>20,061</p></td><td><p>22,107</p></td><td><p>22,942</p></td><td><p>21,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GCSE Music entries by pupils eligible for free school meals</p></td><td><p>2,749</p></td><td><p>2,671</p></td><td><p>3,003</p></td><td><p>3,374</p></td><td><p>3,571</p></td><td><p>3,454</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that revised figures for the number of art and design and music entries are due to be published on 19<sup>th</sup> January 2017.</p><p> </p><p>[1] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p>[2] In 2014/15 and 2015/16, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification</p><p>is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects (see SFR main text).</p><p>[3] 2015/16 figures are provisional, all other figures are final</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 60135 question first answered 19/01/2017 17:52:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

673513

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Musical Instruments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in each region of England learned an instrument at school in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	60134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>All 5-14 year old children in maintained schools should be taught to play a musical instrument as part of the National Curriculum.</p><p>The tables in the attachment show how many children were taught to play musical instruments through the music education hubs in each region in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15.</p><p>The Department does not hold information about the number of people who took Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) exams. The tables below have been taken from ABRSM’s website and show the number of people who took practical graded music exams in the UK and Ireland in 2013 and 2014. Further information on additional years may be available on request from ABRSM.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="9"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fail</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pass</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Merit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Distinction</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td><td><p>24,108</p></td><td><p>25,875</p></td><td><p>14,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 2</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>23,619</p></td><td><p>18,422</p></td><td><p>7,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>21,218</p></td><td><p>16,001</p></td><td><p>6,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 4</p></td><td><p>1,407</p></td><td><p>15,521</p></td><td><p>9,861</p></td><td><p>3,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5</p></td><td><p>1,712</p></td><td><p>15,235</p></td><td><p>9,795</p></td><td><p>4,213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>616</p></td><td><p>5,196</p></td><td><p>3,898</p></td><td><p>2,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>3,578</p></td><td><p>2,858</p></td><td><p>1,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 8</p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p>2,903</p></td><td><p>2,867</p></td><td><p>3,094</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="9"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fail</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pass</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Merit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Distinction</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1</p></td><td><p>1,112</p></td><td><p>24,794</p></td><td><p>26,475</p></td><td><p>15,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 2</p></td><td><p>1,561</p></td><td><p>23,201</p></td><td><p>17,883</p></td><td><p>7,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3</p></td><td><p>1,312</p></td><td><p>20,504</p></td><td><p>15,313</p></td><td><p>6,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 4</p></td><td><p>1,513</p></td><td><p>15,597</p></td><td><p>9,958</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5</p></td><td><p>1,518</p></td><td><p>13,962</p></td><td><p>9,259</p></td><td><p>4,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>5,285</p></td><td><p>4,018</p></td><td><p>2,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>3,191</p></td><td><p>2,902</p></td><td><p>1,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 8</p></td><td><p>584</p></td><td><p>2,688</p></td><td><p>2,784</p></td><td><p>3,143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 60149 question first answered 19/01/2017 17:54:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 60134, 60149 attachment.xlsx title PQs 60134/60149 Musical instrument teaching
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

673514

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in England in receipt of free school meals studied music at GCSE in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	60135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of entries in art and design and music GCSEs[1] by pupils who are eligible for school meals in England from 2010/11 to 2015/16 (provisional) is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupils at the end of key stage 4, state funded schools</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14[1]</p></td><td><p>2014/15[2]</p></td><td><p>2015/16[3]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GCSE art and design entries by pupils eligible for free school meals</p></td><td><p>18,038</p></td><td><p>17,966</p></td><td><p>20,061</p></td><td><p>22,107</p></td><td><p>22,942</p></td><td><p>21,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GCSE Music entries by pupils eligible for free school meals</p></td><td><p>2,749</p></td><td><p>2,671</p></td><td><p>3,003</p></td><td><p>3,374</p></td><td><p>3,571</p></td><td><p>3,454</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that revised figures for the number of art and design and music entries are due to be published on 19<sup>th</sup> January 2017.</p><p> </p><p>[1] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p>[2] In 2014/15 and 2015/16, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification</p><p>is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects (see SFR main text).</p><p>[3] 2015/16 figures are provisional, all other figures are final</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 60136 question first answered 19/01/2017 17:52:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

673519

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in England studied art at GCSE level in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	60153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of entries in art and design and music GCSEs for 2015/16 (provisional) and each of the last 10 years are published in the GCSE and equivalent statistical first releases[1]<sup>,[2]</sup>. Note that revised figures for 2015/16 are due to be published on</p><p>19 January 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2008 to 2016</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional</a> (Subject time series table)</p><p>2007</p><p>[2]<a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195692/dcsf-gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-en" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195692/dcsf-gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-en</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 60154 question first answered 19/01/2017 17:49:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

673520

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in England studied music at GCSE level in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	60154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of entries in art and design and music GCSEs for 2015/16 (provisional) and each of the last 10 years are published in the GCSE and equivalent statistical first releases[1]<sup>,[2]</sup>. Note that revised figures for 2015/16 are due to be published on</p><p>19 January 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2008 to 2016</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional</a> (Subject time series table)</p><p>2007</p><p>[2]<a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195692/dcsf-gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-en" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195692/dcsf-gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-en</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 60153 question first answered 19/01/2017 17:49:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest