The Housing White Paper sets out the government\u2019s intentions to strengthen national planning policy to build more homes in the right places.<\/p>
Current projections assume that net migration will fall. Nearly two thirds of the growth in households will come from natural change in the population, not net migration. Even if net migration fell by more than projected we would still face a significant housing challenge which requires us to make a step-change in housing delivery. We will be consulting on a standard approach to assessing housing requirement at the earliest opportunity.<\/p>
The Housing White Paper also reaffirms the government\u2019s commitment to Green Belt protection, and proposes amendments to national planning policy that would require greater transparency about what constitutes exceptional circumstances when amending Green Belt boundaries, so that communities can hold their local authorities to account.<\/p>
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There has been a marked increase in popularity of the Pet Travel Scheme in GB. In 2014 APHA issued 80,274 new pet passports to their official veterinarians, 119,704 in 2015 and 95,449 in 2016.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3934", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Eustice"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Camborne and Redruth"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Eustice"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-16T13:41:02.32Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-02-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Pet Travel Scheme: Dogs"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62238, on Pets: Imports, for what reasons the number of dogs reported as entering the UK non-commercially under the Pet Travel Scheme increased between 2015 and 2016.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/197", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Poplar and Limehouse"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Fitzpatrick"} ], "uin" : "65885"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/706165", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/706165/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The number of staff employed by the Department for International Trade working on sector related activity either in the UK or within a country overseas is shown in the table below. The department has structured its organisation on a sectorial basis and has people based in in 109 Countries (including the UK) across 13 different sectors.<\/p>
Sector Related Activity<\/strong><\/p> Staff based in the UK<\/p><\/td> 389<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staff based overseas<\/p><\/td> 1250<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many of his Department's staff by (a) sector focus and (b) country focus are (i) UK-based and (ii) based overseas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/706180/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " GLD expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):<\/p> <\/p> 2012: nil<\/p> 2013: nil<\/p> 2014: £12,252.00<\/p> 2015: nil<\/p> 2016: £24,933.12<\/p> <\/p> GLD has consistently consumed 13,960 boxes (69,800 reams) of paper per annum for the last 5 years. The cost for the period 2016-17 to date was £76,241. Accurate costs for earlier periods cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.<\/p> <\/p> HMCPSI Expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):<\/p> <\/p> 2012: nil<\/p> 2013: nil<\/p> 2014: nil<\/p> 2015: nil<\/p> 2016: nil<\/p> <\/p> Accurate costs for paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.<\/p> <\/p> CPS and AGO<\/p> <\/p> The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not spent any money on iPads in the last five years.<\/p> <\/p> The CPS, including the Attorney General\u2019s Office, spend on tablets over the last five years has been provided in the table below:<\/p> <\/p> Year Cost of Tablet including VAT(£)<\/p> 2012 75,412<\/p> 2013 0<\/p> 2014 0<\/p> 2015 46,077<\/p> 2016 25,885*<\/p> *costs are estimated for 2016<\/p> <\/p> (b) The CPS estimates that it has spent the following amounts on paper over the last 5 years:<\/p> <\/p> Year Cost (£)<\/p> 2012* 1,120,904<\/p> 2013* 926,609<\/p> 2014** 983,802<\/p> 2015** 847,431<\/p> 2016** 445,717<\/p> * costs for 2012 and 2013 are based on historic data provided by CPS stationery suppliers<\/p> ** costs for 2014, 2015 and 2016 are estimated and based on total stationery spend for the periods.<\/p> To identify all expenditure that relates solely and specifically to paper would involve the manual checking of thousands of invoices and would incur a disproportionate cost.<\/p> Accurate costs for AGO paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.<\/p> SFO <\/ins><\/p> The SFO does not separately record paper costs from overall stationery expenditure.<\/ins><\/p> Stationery Year Cost (£) <\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2012-13 64,094<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2013-14 69,657<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2014-15 74,750<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2015-16 52,721<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2016-17* 40,916 <\/em><\/ins><\/ins><\/p> iPads & Tablets Year Cost (£)<\/em><\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2012-13 0<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2013-14 10,423<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2014-15 0<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2015-16 0<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2016-17* 9,475<\/em><\/ins><\/p> *<\/em>Spend as at 31/01/2017<\/em><\/strong><\/ins><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/706181/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Prime Minister\u2019s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.<\/p> <\/p> Prior to 2014 there was no support for any tablet or iPad devices on the Cabinet Office IT system nor were there any tablet or iPad items available for staff to purchase.<\/p> Since 2014 the Cabinet Office have purchased the following Ipads and Tablets:<\/p> <\/p>