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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3949", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gregg McClymont"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Clive Betts"}
      ], "uin" : "153906"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/5107", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/5107/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1561", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Nick Hurd"}
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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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the rate of underemployment in each UK parliamentary constituency in Scotland in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3982", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Margaret Curran"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Margaret Curran"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/5108/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>This is not a matter for Cabinet Office Ministers.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1609", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chloe Smith"}
        }
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3982", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Margaret Curran"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Glasgow East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Margaret Curran"}
      ], "uin" : "153940"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/5741", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/5741/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Lord Hodgson assessed the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) as part of his review of the Charities Act 2006 and concluded in his report &lsquo;Trusted and Independent: Giving charity back to charities&rsquo; that it had broadly met 10 of the 12 success criteria set out when it was established in 2006. The FRSB and Cabinet Office are members of the Steering Committee established in response to Lord Hodgson's recommendations to drive forward further progress in strengthening self-regulation.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1561", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department scrutinises the Fundraising Standards Board; when a review was last conducted; and what the outcome was of this review.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4086", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alun Cairns"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Glamorgan"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Alun Cairns"}
      ], "uin" : "153902"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/7952", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/7952/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1561", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Nick Hurd"}
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          , "title" : "Letter from ONS"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed on zero-hours contracts in each government office region.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/9", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Deputy Prime Minister"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/9/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER), entries on the electoral register will be matched against data held by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for the purposes of confirming existing electors, a process which will simplify the transition for the majority of existing electors. Last year the Cabinet Office undertook pilots to test this process and we published our evaluation of these pilots earlier this year which is available to download from:<\/p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-the-transition-to-individual-electoral-registration<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The evaluation report includes an analysis of match rates by population groups and while no specific analysis was undertaken of seaside towns, the results did suggest that match rates were lower in areas with high student populations. However, anyone who cannot be confirmed will still be invited to register individually and will retain their ability to vote in the 2015 general election. By using confirmation to simplify the process for the majority of electors it means resources can be focused on maximising registration among those people who cannot be confirmed, including individuals who are not currently registered. We are also currently running a separate set of pilots exploring whether data matching against DWP and other trusted national data sets can be used to find potential electors who are not currently registered but may be eligible to do so, in order to invite them to register. The results of the pilots, which are specifically targeted at boosting registrations among students, attainers and home-movers, will be published in the summer.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the outcome of his Department's matching of the electoral register with Department for Work and Pensions data in communities with (a) seaside towns and (b) towns with high student populations; and what effect this work will have on the size of electorates in these constituencies.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/19992", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/19992/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p><em>Role of the Department<\/em><\/p><p>Reflecting our responsibilities for local government, housing, planning and communities across England, the work of the Department involves staff travelling to different parts of the country.<\/p><p>Improved procurement has reduced our average domestic hotel rate in the UK by 8% between 2009-10 and 2012-13. Moreover, domestic flights for longer journeys can avoid the need for paying for staff to stay in a hotel overnight.<\/p><p>Since 2011-12, the Department accepted responsibility for some new functions outside of London, including residual functions following the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions and then oversight of the European Regional Development Fund following the abolition of the Regional Development Agencies. As these business functions relate to work in areas outside of London and to the European Commission, this has therefore increased our travel spend compared to the base of 2010-11. However, this is far more than offset by the very significant savings to taxpayers of the abolition of these regional bodies.<\/p><p>Based on current estimates (which reflect accounting consequences from machinery of government changes) the DCLG Group is reducing its annual running costs by around 40% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15. This equates to net savings of at least £532 million over this spending review period and includes savings of around £420 million from the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions.<\/p><p>In addition to this, I note that the Regional Development Agencies were spending in the region of £246 million a year on administration (as cited in 11 March 2009, <em>Official Report<\/em>, Column 592W).<\/p><p><em>Spending data<\/em><\/p><p>The tables below list spending on travel by financial year. Figures for 2009-10 are from July 2009, as this is when the department's current approved travel agent contract commenced; those figures are therefore only for three-quarters of the financial year, and the full year is likely to be proportionately higher.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><thead><tr><td> <\/td><td><p><em>Overseas Travel<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>Overseas Accommodation<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>Overseas Subsistence<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><p>July 2009 - March 10<\/p><\/td><td><p>£408,621<\/p><\/td><td><p>£19,847<\/p><\/td><td><p>£79,574<\/p><\/td><td><p>£508,042 (part-year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>£56,304<\/p><\/td><td><p>£21,759<\/p><\/td><td><p>£27,798<\/p><\/td><td><p>£105,861<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>£69,463<\/p><\/td><td><p>£21,204<\/p><\/td><td><p>£19,946<\/p><\/td><td><p>£110,613<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>£78,474<\/p><\/td><td><p>£29,224<\/p><\/td><td><p>£21,911<\/p><\/td><td><p>£129,609<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><table><thead><tr><td> <\/td><td><p><em>UK Travel<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>UK Accommodation<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>UK Subsistence<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><p>July 2009 - March 10<\/p><\/td><td><p>£621,028<\/p><\/td><td><p>£309,260<\/p><\/td><td><p>£174,888<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,105,176 (part-year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>£434,467<\/p><\/td><td><p>£199,563<\/p><\/td><td><p>£81,315<\/p><\/td><td><p>£715,345<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>£980,307<\/p><\/td><td><p>£162,544<\/p><\/td><td><p>£71,913<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,214,764<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,030,710<\/p><\/td><td><p>£166,149<\/p><\/td><td><p>£74,424<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,271,283<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Explanatory notes:<\/p><p>- Overseas subsistence costs can include accommodation, meals and travel tickets purchased locally.<\/p><p>- The costs of internal travel abroad are not routinely recorded in the form requested and this information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.<\/p><p>- Data on cost per trip is not centrally held in the form requested.<\/p><p>- For car hire, the data from our finance systems do not separate out expenditure for domestic and international car hire and this could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p><p>- For helicopter hire, our records show that the Department has incurred no expenditure on this since 2010-11.<\/p><p>- Figures contained in this answer may differ from previous answers to Parliamentary Questions, as the data extracts have been re-run and reflect ongoing accruals and data. Delays in billing or crediting transactions can sometimes have an effect on the spend data between the financial years.<\/p><p>Taken in the whole, we have reduced overall travel spending compared to the last Administration, and delivered substantive savings for taxpayers' from the abolition of regional government in England.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, his Department has made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/25299/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p><em>Role of the Department<\/em><\/p><p>Reflecting our responsibilities for local government, housing, planning and communities across England, the work of the Department involves staff travelling to different parts of the country.<\/p><p>Improved procurement has reduced our average domestic hotel rate in the UK by 8% between 2009-10 and 2012-13. Moreover, domestic flights for longer journeys can avoid the need for paying for staff to stay in a hotel overnight.<\/p><p>Since 2011-12, the Department accepted responsibility for some new functions outside of London, including residual functions following the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions and then oversight of the European Regional Development Fund following the abolition of the Regional Development Agencies. As these business functions relate to work in areas outside of London and to the European Commission, this has therefore increased our travel spend compared to the base of 2010-11. However, this is far more than offset by the very significant savings to taxpayers of the abolition of these regional bodies.<\/p><p>Based on current estimates (which reflect accounting consequences from machinery of government changes) the DCLG Group is reducing its annual running costs by around 40% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15. This equates to net savings of at least £532 million over this spending review period and includes savings of around £420 million from the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions.<\/p><p>In addition to this, I note that the Regional Development Agencies were spending in the region of £246 million a year on administration (as cited in 11 March 2009, <em>Official Report<\/em>, Column 592W).<\/p><p><em>Spending data<\/em><\/p><p>The tables below list spending on travel by financial year. Figures for 2009-10 are from July 2009, as this is when the department's current approved travel agent contract commenced; those figures are therefore only for three-quarters of the financial year, and the full year is likely to be proportionately higher.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><thead><tr><td> <\/td><td><p><em>Overseas Travel<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>Overseas Accommodation<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>Overseas Subsistence<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><p>July 2009 - March 10<\/p><\/td><td><p>£408,621<\/p><\/td><td><p>£19,847<\/p><\/td><td><p>£79,574<\/p><\/td><td><p>£508,042 (part-year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>£56,304<\/p><\/td><td><p>£21,759<\/p><\/td><td><p>£27,798<\/p><\/td><td><p>£105,861<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>£69,463<\/p><\/td><td><p>£21,204<\/p><\/td><td><p>£19,946<\/p><\/td><td><p>£110,613<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>£78,474<\/p><\/td><td><p>£29,224<\/p><\/td><td><p>£21,911<\/p><\/td><td><p>£129,609<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><table><thead><tr><td> <\/td><td><p><em>UK Travel<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>UK Accommodation<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>UK Subsistence<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><p>July 2009 - March 10<\/p><\/td><td><p>£621,028<\/p><\/td><td><p>£309,260<\/p><\/td><td><p>£174,888<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,105,176 (part-year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>£434,467<\/p><\/td><td><p>£199,563<\/p><\/td><td><p>£81,315<\/p><\/td><td><p>£715,345<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>£980,307<\/p><\/td><td><p>£162,544<\/p><\/td><td><p>£71,913<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,214,764<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,030,710<\/p><\/td><td><p>£166,149<\/p><\/td><td><p>£74,424<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,271,283<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Explanatory notes:<\/p><p>- Overseas subsistence costs can include accommodation, meals and travel tickets purchased locally.<\/p><p>- The costs of internal travel abroad are not routinely recorded in the form requested and this information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.<\/p><p>- Data on cost per trip is not centrally held in the form requested.<\/p><p>- For car hire, the data from our finance systems do not separate out expenditure for domestic and international car hire and this could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p><p>- For helicopter hire, our records show that the Department has incurred no expenditure on this since 2010-11.<\/p><p>- Figures contained in this answer may differ from previous answers to Parliamentary Questions, as the data extracts have been re-run and reflect ongoing accruals and data. 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