<\/p><\/td> | Expenditure (£m) (Nominal)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> | 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>(a) Wallasey constituency<\/strong><\/p><\/td>£1.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | (b) <\/strong>Merseyside<\/strong> metropolitan county<\/strong><\/p><\/td>£14.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in 2018-19.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advance benefit payments were made to people in (a) Wallasey constituency and (b) Wirral in each of the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to (a) the Money Advice Service, (b) the Pensions Advisory Service and (c) Pension Wise in each of the five years up to and including 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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