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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170285/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Attorney General\u2019s Office has made an estimated saving of £164 in respect of stationery costs since June 2014. There may also have been some savings in staff time but it is not possible to quantify this without incurring a disproportionate cost. There have been no other identified savings.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>There have also not been any modifications made to existing ICT systems that were dependent on introduction of the Q&amp;A system.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Robert Buckland"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the savings to the Law Officers' Departments from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems the Law Officers' Departments have introduced or plan to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170286", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170286/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>No financial estimate of savings has been made since the introduction of the Q&amp;A system. However, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has seen a reduction in paper usage and BIS staff no longer have to physically deliver PQ answers to hon. Members and the House authorities. These obvious savings will continue.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>BIS changed its IT platform for managing PQs to eCase last summer. This would have happened regardless of the introduction of the Q&amp;A system.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Swinson"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jo Swinson"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-02T11:52:42.76Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems his Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chi Onwurah"}
      ], "uin" : "218770"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170287", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170287/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government understands the important role that post offices play in communities across the country and since 2010 has committed nearly £2 billion to maintain, modernise and protect a network of at least 11,500 branches that continues to meet strict access criteria that see, for example, 95% of the urban population living within one mile of a post office outlet.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This Government has also committed that there will be no programme of Post Office closures. There are currently around 11,700 post office branches in the UK, with the Post Office network at its most stable for over two decades.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The information requested is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited and I understand from the company that it does not hold information in the format requested. For your reference I include historic information on the number of open Post Office branches at national level and by the West Midlands Government Office region in the tables below:<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Number of open post offices in the UK<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Number of open Post Office branches<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>End of March 1997<\/p><\/td><td><p>19251<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>End of March 2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>11905<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>End of Sept 2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>11631<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Number of open post offices in West Midlands Government Office region (historic figures are only available from the year 2000)<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Number of open Post Office branches<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>End of March 2000<\/p><\/td><td><p>1479<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>End of March 2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>930<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>End of Sept 2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>904<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Swinson"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jo Swinson"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices: Worcestershire"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post offices were closed in (a) Worcester and (b) Worcestershire (i) between 1997 and 2010 and (ii) between 2010 and 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Robin Walker"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Robin Walker"}
      ], "uin" : "218796"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170288", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170288/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Table 1 shows the number of people aged 24 years and older who participated in Government-funded further education courses at all levels in the last five academic years.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Table 1: 24+ FE &amp; Skills Participation (2009/10 to 2013/14) \u2013 Learner Volumes<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td> <\/td><td colspan=\"5\"><p><strong>Funded Learners<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td><p><strong>2009/10<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Participation<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2,873,400<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,515,100<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,493,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,583,100<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,273,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100; percentages are calculated on pre-rounded data.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>2) Age is reported as at 31 August of the academic year and is based upon self-declaration by the learner.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>3) The data source for this table is the Individualised Learner Record.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>4) Figures for 2011/12 onwards are not directly comparable to earlier years as a Single Individualised Learner Record (ILR) data collection system has been introduced. Small technical changes have been made in the way learners from more than one provision type are counted, leading to a removal of duplicate learners and a reduction in overall learner numbers of approximately 2 per cent.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3995", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Boles"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Grantham and Stamford"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nick Boles"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-05T14:05:48.217Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Further Education"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged 24 years and older participated in Government-funded further education courses at all levels in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/411", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Huddersfield"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Barry Sheerman"}
      ], "uin" : "218803"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170291", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170291/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government understands the important role that post offices play in communities across the country and since 2010 has committed nearly £2 billion to maintain, modernise and protect the network. This is an historic commitment, and is designed to ensure that the Post Office has a vibrant, successful and financially sustainable long-term future where is it less reliant on an annual taxpayer funded subsidy.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Post Office is undertaking the largest modernisation programme in its history and network transformation is seeing subpostmasters receiving public investment to improve their branches; delivering benefits to customers including longer opening hours, more convenient access and improved branch environments. To date over 3,500 branches have converted to the new Main and Local models and nearly 290 of the Post Office\u2019s directly owned Crown post offices have benefitted from investment.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The following table sets out the numbers of post offices that have received investment in the areas requested:<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td> <\/td><td><p>Number of post offices that<\/p><p>have received investment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Worcester<\/p><\/td><td><p>8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire<\/p><\/td><td><p>32<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Government Office Region<\/p><\/td><td><p>302<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>England<\/p><\/td><td><p>3173<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Swinson"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Dunbartonshire"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jo Swinson"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-05T14:03:59.903Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post offices have been refurbished as a result of the Government's £2 billion investment in the Post Office Network since 2010 in (a) Worcester, (b) Worcestershire and (c) England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Robin Walker"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Robin Walker"}
      ], "uin" : "218797"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170292", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170292/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The figures below detail the number of businesses which have had interactions with UKTI West Midlands in the last 5 financial years.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>West Midlands based<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Businesses Assisted*<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010/11<\/p><\/td><td><p>2333<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011/12<\/p><\/td><td><p>2212<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012/13<\/p><\/td><td><p>2784<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013/14<\/p><\/td><td><p>2993<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014/15<\/p><\/td><td><p>2799 (to Dec 2014)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>*The figures provided are the total number of unique businesses that benefited from a Service Delivery. Service Delivery is participation in either the Passport To Export or Gateway to Global Growth programme, or a \u2018Significant Assist\u2019 \u2013 which is the provision of in-depth advice and support from an International Trade Advisor.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Suffolk"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Matthew Hancock"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-06T16:38:13.177Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "UK Trade and Investment: West Midlands"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in the West Midlands have received support from UK Trade and Investment in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Robin Walker"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Worcester"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Robin Walker"}
      ], "uin" : "218798"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170293", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170293/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not issue guidance to UK higher and further institutions on student safety during trips abroad. Higher and further education institutions are autonomous bodies, and as such each institution is wholly responsible for their own risk assessment and guidance on student safety during trips abroad.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1578", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Clark"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Tunbridge Wells"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Greg Clark"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-02T11:49:23.563Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Students: Safety"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department issues guidance to higher and further education institutes on student safety during trips abroad.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Nicholas Brown"}
      ], "uin" : "218715"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170296", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170296/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Statutory investigations by the Department of Trade and Industry (now Business, Innovation and Skills) using Companies Act powers are confidential and their findings cannot be disclosed outside strict statutory gateways.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) did not directly investigate the collapse of Scottish Power\u2019s Power Plan. In 2003 an investigation was undertaken by the OFT into the terms and conditions used in contracts with consumers purchasing goods under the PowerPlan scheme sold by Scottish Power plc. As a result a series of recommendations regarding those terms and conditions were made to the companies who operated the scheme, and I understand that the recommendations were implemented by the companies before they entered insolvency.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>More generally, the OFT investigated the market for extended warranties in the UK in 2002 and, having found that competition in the market did not appear to be working effectively, referred the market to the Competition Commission (CC). Following the CC\u2019s report in 2003, the DTI implemented the Supply of Extended Warranties on Domestic Electrical Goods Order which came into force in April 2005. The OFT undertook a further study of the market for extended warranties in 2012.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Swinson"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Dunbartonshire"}
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