{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&_sort=legislature.prefLabel,-houseId&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2014-10-21T16:00:56.1397924Z", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?_sort=legislature.prefLabel,-houseId&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2014-10-21T16:00:56.1397924Z", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&_metadata=all&_sort=legislature.prefLabel,-houseId&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2014-10-21T16:00:56.1397924Z", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&_sort=legislature.prefLabel,-houseId&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2014-10-21T16:00:56.1397924Z", "isPartOf" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_sort=legislature.prefLabel,-houseId&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2014-10-21T16:00:56.1397924Z", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?_sort=legislature.prefLabel,-houseId&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2014-10-21T16:00:56.1397924Z", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&_sort=legislature.prefLabel,-houseId&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2014-10-21T16:00:56.1397924Z", "type" : "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint"}
    , "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100020", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100020/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Prime Minister\u2019s £50 million Challenge Fund is currently improving general practitioner access for over two million patients across England. This includes offering evening and weekend appointments, as well as better use of technology, such as telehealth, to look after patients. By January, 7.5 million patients will be covered.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>And, we have recently announced another £100 million of funding for next year to improve access for even more patients.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3932", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Central Suffolk and North Ipswich"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Dr Daniel Poulter"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-10-21T15:48:51.1448684Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "General Practitioners: Standards"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on improving access to GPs.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4081", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Weaver Vale"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Graham Evans"}
      ], "uin" : "905556"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100021", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100021/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Adults with care and support needs should be able to move between countries within the United Kingdom knowing that their care will continue during the move.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>As the care and support systems in the four countries are different, we are developing principles with the Devolved Administrations to ensure continuity of care for people moving.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>These should be published in November.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1439", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Norman Lamb"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Norfolk"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Norman Lamb"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-10-21T15:45:44.866352Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Home Care Services"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to facilitate the portability of home-based care packages between local authorities in different countries in the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3965", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sheila Gilmore"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Edinburgh East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sheila Gilmore"}
      ], "uin" : "905560"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100022", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100022/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We are committed to patients having greater choice and control over their healthcare, as this can help drive up standards and improve patient care.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>We believe that patient empowerment is vital to the National Health Service in the 21st century. This Government is committed to continuing to develop digital platforms to enable this to happen, such as My NHS and the NHS e-Referral Service.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4020", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Freeman"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Norfolk"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Freeman"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-10-21T16:00:56.1397924Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Patient Choice Schemes"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote patient choice.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4104", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Neil Carmichael"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stroud"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Neil Carmichael"}
      ], "uin" : "905559"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100023", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100023/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We are investing £450 million in earlier diagnosis of cancer, including improving direct general practitioner access to non-obstetric ultrasound to support earlier diagnosis of ovarian cancer.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Public Health England ran a regional Be Clear on Cancer campaign early in 2014 to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer. The findings of the pilot will be evaluated in 2015, and this evidence would inform any decision to move from a regional to national campaign.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3918", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Ellison"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Battersea"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Ellison"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-10-21T15:46:38.09492Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Ovarian Cancer"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase early identification of ovarian cancer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1521", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Washington and Sunderland West"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mrs Sharon Hodgson"}
      ], "uin" : "905561"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100024", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100024/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Better Care Fund is a pooled budget of £3.8 billion to be spent on integrating Health and Social care. Local areas will decide how best to use their funding to transform the provision of services to their communities, both improving outcomes for people, and driving efficiencies.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1439", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Norman Lamb"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Norfolk"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Norman Lamb"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-10-21T15:44:45.2891531Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Community Health Services: Devon"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase funding from the Better Care Fund to improve the transition of community services in Devon.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/231", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Devon"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Nick Harvey"}
      ], "uin" : "905558"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/10021", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/10021/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.<\/p><p>The UK Government is not planning for independence as it believes that people in Scotland will vote to remain within the UK. As such, the Government has made no assessment of the risk of losses to the public purse, and has no plans to change accounting officers conventions<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1535", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Danny Alexander"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Danny Alexander"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-02-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "154018"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-02-25T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2013-05-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of losses to the public purse arising from applying the current accounting officer conventions in the period leading up to the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3949", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gregg McClymont"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gregg McClymont"}
      ], "uin" : "154017"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/10022", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/10022/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.<\/p><p>The UK Government is not planning for independence as it believes that people in Scotland will vote to remain within the UK. As such, the Government has made no assessment of the risk of losses to the public purse, and has no plans to change accounting officers conventions<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1535", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Danny Alexander"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Danny Alexander"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-02-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "154017"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-02-25T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2013-05-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with officials in his Department on how the accounting officers' conventions would apply to investment in Scotland in advance of the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3949", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gregg McClymont"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gregg McClymont"}
      ], "uin" : "154018"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/11895", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/11895/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We are working very closely with other departments, including the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions, to simplify free school meals criteria under universal credit, while ensuring that free lunches continue to be available to the families who need them most. These discussions, which include consideration of a phased implementation timetable, are in recognition of the significant number and complexity of passported benefits across Government, most of which have different eligibility criteria.<\/p><p>We will allow good time to enable schools, local authorities and children's charities to comment on our proposals before we introduce new entitlement criteria for free school meals under universal credit.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Yeovil"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Laws"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-02-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-02-26T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2013-05-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to consult on eligibility for free school meals ahead of the introduction of universal credit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sheffield South East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Clive Betts"}
      ], "uin" : "153906"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/18743", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/18743/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Thursday 7 November 2013]<\/em><\/p><p>The figures for affordable housing are as follows for the London Borough of Harrow area:<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008-09<\/p><\/td><td><p>£22 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<\/p><\/td><td><p>£45 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>£26 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>£15 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>£13 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Since April 2012, allocations from the Affordable Housing Programme have been overseen by the Greater London Authority rather than the Homes and Communities Agency. There have been no specific allocations on empty homes over this period.<\/p><p>As outlined to the hon. Member in the answer of 7 January 2013, <em>Official Report<\/em>, Column 121W, I would note that the new Affordable Rent model now allows for more affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and lever in more private investment.<\/p><p>As the National Audit Office has observed: \u201cThe Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available\u201d and \u201cThe Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding\u201d (National Audit Office, \u201cFinancial viability of the social housing sector; introducing the Affordable Homes Programme\u201d, 4 July 2012, HC465, pp.6-7).<\/p><p>I also note that the Mayor's proposed Housing Strategy states: \u201c£1.8 billion of public funding has been secured by the Mayor which will unlock an estimated additional £3.7 billion of other investment for London to enable 55,000 affordable homes to be delivered between 2011-15\u201d (Mayor of London, \u201cThe Revised London Housing Strategy\u201d, December2011, p.35).<\/p><p>Across England, 170,000 affordable homes have been delivered so far since April 2010, and a total of £19.5 billion of public and private investment is being spent on affordable housing over the current Spending Review period.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><em> <\/em><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4043", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kris Hopkins"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Keighley"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kris Hopkins"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-04-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-04-28T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2013-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding was allocated from Homes and Community Agency to (a) develop new affordable housing and (b) bring empty homes back into use in Harrow in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/177", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gareth Thomas"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Harrow West"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gareth Thomas"}
      ], "uin" : "174351"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/19326", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/19326/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Ministry of Justice has reduced the overall cost of air travel by almost half since 2009, and our total spend on all travel has fallen by more than 40 per cent in the same period \u2013 a saving of more than £9m.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Furthermore, this year, the Justice Secretary toughened up the rules to ban first and business class travel for Ministers and officials in the department other than in exceptional circumstances where this is required to meet business need.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Overseas travel makes up a small proportion of the Department's overall travel requirement. Flights and travel by Eurostar are booked through our contracted supplier, and whilst the MoJ records data on transactions, it does not hold details of the cost or destination of individual trips centrally. The cost of breaking down all travel in the ways requested would be disproportionate, as managers across the Department would have to create a breakdown of every trip taken, itemised by the different kinds of expenditure.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1496", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Shailesh Vara"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North West Cambridgeshire"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Shailesh Vara"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-04-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-04-30T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2013-11-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, his Department 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"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/422", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Nottingham East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Leslie"}
      ], "uin" : "174860"}
    ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "next" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=1&_sort=legislature.prefLabel,-houseId&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2014-10-21T16:00:56.1397924Z", "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 19794, "type" : "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"}
}