HC Deb 08 November 2001 vol 374 cc421-2W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the publications provided by her Department and the National Centre for Literacy and Numeracy where charges will be levied on schools for the making of(a) overhead transparencies and (b) enlarged copies; and if she will state the level of income received from schools as a result. [13020]

Mr. Timms

The licensing for the copying of extracts from published texts is the responsibility of the Copyright Licensing Agency. The new licence for schools, which took effect from April 2001, automatically includes permission to make overhead transparencies and enlarged copies. There is no requirement for schools to make any separate payment for this or to report such copying.

Publications produced by the National Centre for Literacy and Numeracy on behalf of the Department may be copied free of charge by schools.