The Earl of Clancarty

HL9797 • Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress is being made in the development of a youth mobility scheme between the UK and the EU; and when they expect such a scheme to be introduced.

HL8428 • Crafts: Employment and Income

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Twycross on 12 June (HL Deb col 306GC), where the figures that the crafts subsector generated around £400 million in gross value added and employed around 7000 highly skilled artisans were originally sourced from; and how these these figures have been computed.

HL7807 • Musicians: Visas

To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of paragraph 15 of the UK-EU Summit Common Understanding stating that "the European Commission and the United Kingdom recognise the value of travel and cultural and artistic exchanges, including the activities of touring artists", how they intend to progress an agreement between the UK and the EU on touring by creative professionals, and whether it will form part of a wider cultural agreement.

HL7633 • Arts: Finance

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Arts Council England's report Leading the Crowd published on 15 May.

HL7377 • Erasmus+ Programme

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to negotiate rejoining the Erasmus+ Programme.

HL7378 • Creative Europe

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to negotiate rejoining Creative Europe.

HL7170 • Music: Streaming

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of streaming on the level of the income of musicians and composers.

HL6033 • Music and Dance Scheme: VAT

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will adjust the means testing methodology of the Music and Dance Scheme to reflect the cost of VAT on fees.

HL6034 • Music and Dance Scheme: VAT

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to make fees under the Music and Dance Scheme exempt from VAT.

HL6035 • Music and Dance Scheme

To ask His Majesty's Government whether financial assistance to absorb the cost of changes to Employer National Insurance and minimum wage, similar to arrangements for maintained schools, will be provided to institutions that receive funding through the Music and Dance Scheme.

HL6036 • Music and Dance Scheme: VAT

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with providers of the Music and Dance Scheme on an appropriate future earnings threshold as part of support to offset VAT.

HL6037 • Music and Dance Scheme

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase the £45,000 threshold of combined household income per family as part of the support package for the Music and Dance Scheme; and whether they plan to make that support package permanent.

HL5491 • Lifelong Education

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards the third category of registration with the Office for Students for smaller, specialist providers in support of accessing the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, including those offering Trinity College London’s Level 5 and 6 Professional Performing Arts Diploma.

HL5492 • Lifelong Education

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with stakeholders regarding a proportionate route to registration with the Office for Students designed for smaller, specialist providers in support of accessing the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, including those offering Trinity College London’s Level 5 and 6 Professional Performing Arts Diplomas accredited by the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre.

HL5449 • Arts: Higher Education

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to support universities and other higher education institutions offering foundation courses in creative subjects, including fine art.

HL5237 • UK Soft Power Council

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of setting up the UK Soft Power Council; how much it will cost to run per year; and whether board members will receive a salary.

HL5079 • Overseas Students

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to exclude international students from the net migration statistics.

HL5004 • Musicians: Foreign Nationals

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 12 February (HL Deb col 1326), on what basis granting rights to all foreign performers would cost £5.9 million to the UK recorded music sector, and how the figure of £5.9 million was reached.

HL4972 • Business: Loans

To ask His Majesty's Government how many businesses with three employees or fewer are still paying back Government-backed loans provided during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what consideration they have given to cancelling the remainder of what is owed by those businesses.

HL4871 • Arts and Cultural Heritage: Finance

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the planned local government reorganisation on the continuance of the funding for arts, cultural and heritage projects and facilities which is currently provided by district and borough councils.