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Defence Committee: latest update 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to the Defence Committee email alerts for The United Kingdom Parliament. Letters to Secretary of State: Vanguard successor and Type 45 Destroyers 03-02-2016 05:10 PM GMT Defence Committee sends two letters to Secretary of State The following link will allow you to view a copy of the updated information. United Kingdom Parliament International Development Committee Update 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to the International Development Committee email alerts for The United Kingdom Parliament. This information has recently been updated. 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Today's Written Statements Update 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to Today's Written Statements for The United Kingdom Parliament. Written statements are published on the internet as soon as possible after Parliament receives them and are also published in the next day’s edition of Hansard. Links to the PDFs work until the written statements are published in Hansard at www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/, or you may wish to save the links as favourites. Publication of Reformed GCSE and A level Content Nick Gibb - Department for Education We are reforming GCSEs, AS and A levels to make sure that they give students the best possible preparation for further and higher education, and for employment. We want new GCSEs to set expectations which match those of the best education systems in the world, with rigorous assessment that provides a reliable measure of students' achievement. The reforms are extensive and represent a new qualification gold standard. Schools are now teaching some of the new reformed GCSEs and A levels, and we have already published reformed subject content for those GCSEs and A levels to be taught from September 2016. Content for reformed GCSE subjects and for AS and A level subjects can be found on Gov.uk. The new GCSEs will be more academically demanding and reformed AS and A levels will better prepare students for undergraduate study. Today I am publishing revised subject content for some of the GCSEs and AS and A levels that will be taught in schools from September 2017: GCSEs in ancient history, classical civilisation, electronics, film studies, media studies and statistics; and AS and A levels in accounting, ancient history, archaeology, classical civilisation, electronics, film studies, law and media studies. Accounting AS and A level requires students to understand and to apply double entry accounting methods. A greater emphasis is placed on the use of accounting concepts and techniques in the analysis and evaluation of financial information. There is also a better balance between financial and management accounting. The new ancient history GCSE, and AS and A levels will require students to study events, individuals, societies, developments and issues drawn from the period 3000 BC to 500 AD. At GCSE students must study the history of at least two societies, at least one of which must be Roman or Greek. At A level students must study the history of both ancient Rome and ancient Greece. At GCSE students will have to undertake one period study covering at least 50 years, one longer period study covering at least 150 years, and 2 depth studies focusing on shorter time spans. At A level students will undertake two period studies of at least 75 years and two depth studies. The new archaeology AS and A levels will require students to study two archaeological contexts in depth (one at AS) and what the archaeological evidence can tells us about that society's social structure, belief system, art and technology. Through two breadth studies (one at AS) students will also study at least three different societies in relation to specific issues such as religion and ritual, or economics and material culture. The new classical civilisation GCSE, AS and A levels will require students to study both Roman and Greek civilisation (and their surrounding worlds). All students will now study literature (at least 30% of the GCSE and A level) and visual/material culture (at least 20% of the GCSE and 15% of the A level), and at A level students will also study classical thought. Students will develop their understanding of the classical world through study of the social, historical, and cultural context of the literature and sources selected. The new electronics GCSE increases the demand of the subject by increasing the breadth and depth of content students are required to study. The new electronics AS and A levels have improved depth and breadth with new topics such as the principles of semiconductors added. The GCSE, AS and A level content also includes strengthened mathematical requirements and a detailed list of equations that students will be required to know and understand. The film studies GCSE, AS and A levels will require students to study critically recognised, culturally and historically significant films. At GCSE and AS students will study at least 6 films including at least one British, one non-English language and one independent film and at least one historical film made before 1961. A level students will study at least 12 films from at least three continents covering pre 1930 to present day, including documentary, experimental and silent film. Overall the content emphasises a more academic approach with greater emphasis on a critical and contextual understanding of film, and at A level of film theory. The new law AS and A level content will ensure students study a greater number of areas of substantive law: at AS one area of public law and one area of private law; and at A level at least three areas of law. Students also need to study the nature of law including links to moral concepts, how law interacts with society, and the English legal system. The new media studies GCSE, AS and A levels will ensure that students have an understanding of the main theoretical concepts underpinning the subject. Students will study media language, representation, media industries, and audiences, and will apply all four of these to at least one audio visual, one print and one online media form. Overall, students will study nine forms of media and all products studied must be culturally, socially and historically significant. The AS and A level also require students to study a wide range of specified theories and theorists. The new and more demanding statistics GCSE requires students to study the statistical enquiry cycle and to perform key statistical calculations such as interpercentile range and standard deviation. Students will be required to know and use fundamental formulae, for example to determine Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. New content has been added, such as using collected data and calculated probabilities to determine and interpret risk, and interpreting the characteristics of a binomial distribution.   Questions for Oral or Written Answer - House of Commons 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to Questions for Oral or Written Answer (The "Question Book" - House of Commons) Written Questions for Answer 04-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT Browse part 1 of the Question Book for details of written questions The following link will allow you to view a copy of the updated information. Latest Early Day Motions 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to Early Day Motions for the United Kingdom Parliament MILITARY INTERVENTION IN LIBYA 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1071 HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SOUTH EASTERN TURKEY 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1070 DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN UK AND CZECH PRIME MINISTERS ON WAR PLANES AND EU REFORM 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1069 THE LODGE ON LOCH GOIL AND UK COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1068 SLAVERY IN MAURITANIA 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1067 DUNNET BAY DISTILLERS 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1066 FIGHTING IN SOUTH-EAST TURKEY AND CASE OF TAHIR ELCI 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1065 CYBER BULLYING 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1064 DUNDEE THE CARING CITY - REGISTERED CHARITY 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1063 BEDROOM TAX DISCRIMINATORY 03-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT EDM number: 1062 The following link will allow you to view a copy of the updated information. Today's Written Statements Update 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to Today's Written Statements for The United Kingdom Parliament. Written statements are published on the internet as soon as possible after Parliament receives them and are also published in the next day’s edition of Hansard. Links to the PDFs work until the written statements are published in Hansard at www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/, or you may wish to save the links as favourites. Gifting of Surplus Accommodation to the Northern Ireland Executive Mark Lancaster - Ministry of Defence I have today laid before Parliament a Ministry of Defence Departmental Minute to advise of the intent to gift up to 59 surplus Service Family Accommodation to the Northern Ireland Executive. This gift forms part of coalition Government's financial settlement with the Executive and the commitments set out in Building a Prosperous and United Community: One Year On, in which the Government and the Executive set out plans to work together to build on political stability. It is intended that legal transfer of title will be completed by late spring 2016, with the disposal value of the sites estimated at £3.5 million as at April 2014. Her Majesty's Treasury has approved the proposal in principle. If after 14 sitting days, no objections to the gift have been received, the transfer will proceed. In addition to the gift, 605 surplus Service Family Accommodation that cannot be gifted for operational (security and training) reasons inside our existing perimeters; 286 at Aldergrove, 199 at Ballykinler and 120 at Holywood, costing a total of £3.6 million, will be demolished. Enabling works have begun and demolitions will start in late 2016, with the land then being retained for training. The Ministry of Defence will continue to look for surplus properties to gift as part of the shared commitment of the Government and the Executive to take forward plans to build a shared future.   Read yesterday's House of Commons debates 04-02-2016 Wednesday 3 February 2016 Debates and Oral Answers Follow Commons debates on bills, oral statements made by Ministers and find out what issues were raised during ministerial question times Westminster Hall Learn more about the range of subjects raised by MPs in adjournment debates and during consideration Written Statements Read written statements on policy or government     Written questions and answers and Written statements are available to view on the Written questions and answers and Written statements pages. The following link will allow you to view a copy of the updated information. Summary Agendas and Orders of Business Update (UK Parliament) 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to Summary Agendas and Orders of Business (House of Commons) for The United Kingdom Parliament. This information has recently been updated.   Thursday 4 February 2016 Summary Agenda | PDF version Get an overview of what is going on in the House of Commons Chamber and in Westminster Hall Business Today | PDF version Read the agenda for business in the House of Commons, Westminster Hall and Commons Committees Future Business | PDF version Find out what business is scheduled for the Commons Chamber and Westminster Hall Order Paper - linked version Read the agenda for business in the House of Commons, Westminster Hall and Commons Committees   The following link will allow you to view a copy of the updated information. Today's Written Statements Update 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to Today's Written Statements for The United Kingdom Parliament. Written statements are published on the internet as soon as possible after Parliament receives them and are also published in the next day’s edition of Hansard. Links to the PDFs work until the written statements are published in Hansard at www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/, or you may wish to save the links as favourites. Police Grant Report England & Wales 2016/17 Mike Penning - Home Office My Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary, has today laid before the House, the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2016/17 (HC 753). The Report sets out, my Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary's determination for 2016/17 of the aggregate amount of grant that she proposes to pay under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, and the amount to be paid to the Greater London Authority for the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. At the time the Provisional Police Grant Report 2016/17 was laid on 17 December 2015 I said that I was also considering whether a limited amount of Police Capital Grant would be reallocated. After careful consideration I have decided that £10.4m will be reallocated to support police national technology services. This will assist in providing necessary investment in these critical police services. To assist Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables with their medium term financial planning, I have also decided to provide further information on the police funding settlement over the Spending Review period. Please note that these figures are indicative only. Home Office Ministers will decide on the level of reallocations for each year on an annual basis, but PCCs should assume that these will be broadly in line with those in 2016/17. PCCs should plan on the basis that their direct resource funding (consisting of formula funding, Legacy Council Tax Grants, National and International City Grants and precept) will remain at broadly flat cash levels when compared with 2015/16, throughout the Spending Review period. This Statement also includes details of other funding streams that the Home Office, the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Welsh Government intend to provide to the police in 2016/17. Table 1: The 2015 Spending Review settlement for the police 15/16* (£m) 16/17 (£m) 17/18 (£m) 18/19 £m) 19/20 (£m) Change (£m) Cash change (%) Real change (%) Govt Funding (excl CT) 8,271 8,378 8,497 8,631 8,785 514 6.2% -1.4% o/w Home Office 8,099 8,204 8,321 8,453 8,604 506 6.2% -1.4% o/w DCLG 37 37 37 37 37 0 0.0% -7.2% o/w Welsh Govt 135 137 139 141 143 8 6.2% -1.4% Precept 3,105 3,194 3,286 3,379 3,474 369 11.9% 3.8% Total 11,376 11,572 11,783 12,010 12,259 883 7.8% 0.0% *Central government funding includes Airwave which has been brought into the police settlement and council tax freeze grant amounts which were not known at the time of the 2015/16 annual police settlement. Table 2: Indicative breakdown of the 2015 Spending Review settlement £m 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Total central government funding* 8,355 8,461 8,583 8,725 o/w ESMCP 80 175 160 55 o/w Police Transformation Fund and other reallocations (including Airwave and PFI) 491 545 725 1,017 o/w Direct funding 7,784 7,741 7,698 7,653 Precept** 3,194 3,286 3,379 3,474 Overall resource funding*** 10,978 11,026 11,076 11,127 * These figures include baseline adjustments for HMIC and NCA. **Assumes a tax base increase of 0.5%. These figures are based on conservative tax base growth assumptions used at the time of the Spending Review announcement. These will be updated over time in line with the latest projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility. Figures assume that all PCCs maximise their precept up to the 2%/£5 referendum limit in each year and PCCs in Wales increase precept by 2% each year. These figures assume the 10 PCCs in the lower quartile receiving this additional flexibility remain the same as in 2016/17. ***Direct resource funding consists of formula funding, NICC grants, Legacy Council Tax Grants and Precept. Note: figures may not sum due to rounding. Table 3: Police revenue funding 2016/17 Police funding 16/17 £m Central Government funding* 8,995 o/w CT Police Grant** 640 o/w Airwave 204 o/w Police Private Finance Initiatives 73 o/w Legacy Council Tax Grants 545 Overall core Government settlement funding 7,534 Reallocations 218 o/w Direct Entry 4.6 o/w Emergency Services Network 80 o/w Independent Police Complaints Commission (for the transfer of integrity functions) 32 o/w Innovation Fund 55 o/w Major Programmes (HOB and NPDP) 21.8 o/w Special Grant 25 Transformation Fund 76 Total direct government funding 7,239 Government formula funding 7,061 cash change -41 cash change percentage from 15/16 -0.6% real change percentage -2.3% National & International Capital City Grants 178 o/w City of London Police 4.5 o/w Metropolitan Police 173.6 Precept 3,194 Overall resource funding*** 10,978 cash change 51 cash change percentage 0.5% real cut -1.2% *Includes £14m baseline adjustment for NCA in 2016/17. A separate baseline transfer has been applied for HMIC. ** Additional capital of £30m will be provided for CT policing. ***Comprises formula funding, NICC Grants, Legacy Council Tax Grants and precept. Detail of Police Transformation Fund (totals indicative): Transformation Fund 76.4 o/w New Transformation Funding 37.8 o/w Firearms 34 o/w Digital justice (CJS)/digital investigations (DII) 4.6 Table 4: Police capital 2016/17 2016/17 Police Capital £m Police Capital Grant 54.1 Special Grant Capital 1 National Police Air Service 16.5 Police Live Services 10.4 Total 82 Table 5: Revenue allocations for England and Wales 2016/17 Local Policing Body 2016/17 HO Core (incl Rule 1) Welsh Top-up WG Ex-DCLG Formula Funding Legacy Council Tax Grants (total from HO) £m Avon & Somerset 105.0 - - 56.5 14.7 Bedfordshire 40.3 - - 23.3 4.6 Cambridgeshire 48.5 - - 24.4 6.5 Cheshire 61.5 - - 44.8 8.3 City of London 18.4 - - 33.6 0.1 Cleveland 46.2 - - 38.5 7.7 Cumbria 28.7 - - 30.8 4.8 Derbyshire 62.1 - - 37.7 8.7 Devon & Cornwall 102.7 - - 63.1 15.5 Dorset 41.2 - - 17.3 7.9 Durham 42.7 - - 37.0 6.1 Dyfed-Powys 32.1 5.1 12.9 - - Essex 102.8 - - 55.9 13.1 Gloucestershire 34.4 - - 19.5 6.1 Greater London Authority 861.5 - - 749.8 119.7 Greater Manchester 226.6 - - 181.4 25.7 Gwent 42.4 - 30.1 - - Hampshire 120.0 - - 63.1 12.9 Hertfordshire 71.4 - - 36.4 10.2 Humberside 67.2 - - 46.6 10.0 Kent 106.3 - - 66.6 13.3 Lancashire 100.6 - - 79.2 12.8 Leicestershire 65.3 - - 39.6 8.9 Lincolnshire 38.4 - - 20.3 6.8 Merseyside 122.5 - - 112.8 15.6 Norfolk 50.2 - - 28.8 9.3 North Wales 46.3 4.9 21.6 - - North Yorkshire 41.7 - - 27.0 7.9 Northamptonshire 43.2 - - 24.2 6.6 Northumbria 110.1 - - 107.4 8.2 Nottinghamshire 77.9 - - 48.1 9.7 South Wales 87.5 - 72.2 - - South Yorkshire 100.6 - - 77.5 10.9 Staffordshire 66.5 - - 39.9 12.0 Suffolk 40.7 - - 22.9 6.8 Surrey 62.2 - - 29.2 9.2 Sussex 97.8 - - 53.9 13.2 Thames Valley 141.2 - - 73.9 15.3 Warwickshire 31.0 - - 17.4 5.2 West Mercia 66.3 - - 43.4 12.0 West Midlands 250.8 - - 180.3 19.0 West Yorkshire 171.5 - - 129.3 16.7 Wiltshire 37.5 - - 20.7 5.2 Total England & Wales 4112.0 9.9 136.8 2802.2 507.4 Table 6: Change in total direct resource funding* Force area 2015/16 2016/17 Cash change £m £m £m % Avon & Somerset 269.3 270.7 1.4 0.5% Bedfordshire 99.6 100.0 0.4 0.4% Cambridgeshire 128.1 128.9 0.8 0.6% Cheshire 169.5 170.9 1.4 0.8% City of London 55.4 56.8 1.4 2.5% Cleveland 122.3 122.5 0.3 0.2% Cumbria 99.2 99.7 0.5 0.5% Derbyshire 160.7 161.4 0.7 0.4% Devon & Cornwall 278.0 279.5 1.5 0.5% Dorset 118.4 119.3 1.0 0.8% Durham 112.5 112.7 0.2 0.2% Dyfed-Powys 93.3 94.1 0.8 0.8% Essex 260.8 263.4 2.5 1.0% Gloucestershire 104.3 105.1 0.8 0.8% Greater London Authority 2,517.4 2,522.4 5.0 0.2% Greater Manchester 541.2 542.9 1.7 0.3% Gwent 117.8 118.5 0.7 0.6% Hampshire 299.1 300.6 1.5 0.5% Hertfordshire 181.1 182.9 1.8 1.0% Humberside 169.4 169.8 0.5 0.3% Kent 273.1 275.5 2.4 0.9% Lancashire 258.9 259.5 0.6 0.2% Leicestershire 167.7 168.5 0.7 0.4% Lincolnshire 108.4 109.1 0.7 0.7% Merseyside 307.0 307.0 0.0 0.0% Norfolk 145.5 146.5 1.0 0.7% North Wales 139.8 141.1 1.3 0.9% North Yorkshire 137.1 138.2 1.1 0.8% Northamptonshire 119.2 119.9 0.7 0.6% Northumbria 259.5 260.3 0.8 0.3% Nottinghamshire 188.9 189.5 0.6 0.3% South Wales 255.1 256.5 1.5 0.6% South Yorkshire 239.1 240.0 0.9 0.4% Staffordshire 176.7 177.6 0.8 0.5% Suffolk 110.9 111.6 0.6 0.6% Surrey 205.0 207.1 2.1 1.0% Sussex 249.7 252.1 2.5 1.0% Thames Valley 369.7 371.9 2.2 0.6% Warwickshire 89.5 90.1 0.6 0.7% West Mercia 198.5 199.8 1.3 0.6% West Midlands 522.8 524.0 1.2 0.2% West Yorkshire 404.6 406.3 1.7 0.4% Wiltshire 102.8 103.5 0.6 0.6% TOTAL 10,927.0 10,977.8 50.8 0.5% *This includes all formula grant, NICC grants, Legacy Council Tax Grants and police precept. This assumes that PCCs in England increase their precept to the maximum referendum limit in 2016/17, PCCs in Wales raise council tax by 2% and tax base growth of 0.5% across England and Wales. Table 7: Capital allocations for England and Wales 2016/17 Local Policing Body 2016/17 £m Avon and Somerset 1.2 Bedfordshire 0.5 Cambridgeshire 0.6 Cheshire 0.8 City of London 0.4 Cleveland 0.6 Cumbria 0.4 Derbyshire 0.7 Devon and Cornwall 1.3 Dorset 0.5 Durham 0.6 Dyfed-Powys 0.4 Essex 1.1 Gloucestershire 0.4 Greater Manchester 2.7 Gwent 0.5 Hampshire 1.4 Hertfordshire 0.7 Humberside 0.8 Kent 1.3 Lancashire 1.3 Leicestershire 0.8 Lincolnshire 0.5 Merseyside 1.6 Metropolitan 14.3 Norfolk 0.6 North Wales 0.5 North Yorkshire 0.5 Northamptonshire 0.5 Northumbria 1.5 Nottinghamshire 0.9 South Wales 1.1 South Yorkshire 1.3 Staffordshire 0.8 Suffolk 0.5 Surrey 0.7 Sussex 1.1 Thames Valley 1.7 Warwickshire 0.5 West Mercia 0.9 West Midlands 2.9 West Yorkshire 2.1 Wiltshire 0.5 Total England & Wales 54.1   Standards Committee: latest update 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to Standards Committee for the United Kingdom Parliament 2nd Report - Mr Geoffrey Cox 04-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT Written evidence - Mr Geoffrey Cox 04-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT Energy and Climate Change Committee: latest update 04-02-2016 You are subscribed to the Energy and Climate Change Committee email alerts for the United Kingdom Parliament. 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General Data Protection Regulation Mr Edward Vaizey - Department for Culture, Media and Sport My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) and Minister for Intellectual Property (Baroness Neville-Rolfe) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. This Government has decided not to opt-in to the Justice and Home Affairs provision within the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Negotiations on the Regulation were concluded on 15 December 2015 and a proposed final compromise text was communicated to the European Council on 17 December. The final text for the GDPR is expected to be formally adopted in due course. The compromise text contained wording in article 43a, which triggers the UK's opt-in under protocol 21. 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