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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-02-08more like thismore than 2017-02-08
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Nuisance Calls more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 2.289 of Budget 2015, how much of the £3.5 million announced to trial the development and provision of call blocking technology and tackle nuisance calls has been spent or allocated to date. more like this
tabling member constituency Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough more like this
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Gill Furniss more like this
uin 63703 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-02-20more like thismore than 2017-02-20
answer text <p>Of the £3.5m package announced by the Chancellor in the March 2015 Budget:</p><p> </p><p>£2.m has been allocated to the nuisance calls competition for innovative solutions to tackle nuisance calls.</p><p> </p><p>£0.5m has been allocated to the National Trading Standards Scams Team to provide call blocking devices to vulnerable people nationwide and report its effects.</p><p> </p><p>£1m has been allocated for other activities to tackle nuisance calls.</p> more like this
answering member constituency West Suffolk more like this
answering member printed Matt Hancock more like this
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label Biography information for Matt Hancock more like this
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label Biography information for Gill Furniss more like this