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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100221", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100222", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100262", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1556", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Rob Wilson"}
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          , "title" : "ONS Letter to Member - Jobseekers Allowance"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the working age population of Motherwell and Wishaw constituency are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/626", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Frank Roy"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1520", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Mark Harper"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/626", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Frank Roy"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100264", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100264/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested is shown in the table below.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><p><strong>Number of working age Disability Living Allowance claimants in the Motherwell and Wishaw Parliamentary Constituency, as a proportion of the working age population: As at February 2014<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Proportion<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,270<\/p><\/td><td><p>8.8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Source:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>DWP 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (Caseload)<\/p><p> <\/p><p>National Records of Scotland © Crown Copyright 2014 (Population Estimates Mid 2013)<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Notes:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>1. Caseload figure is rounded to the nearest 10; The proportion is rounded to one decimal place.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>2. Caseload information is published at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>3. Population information is published at: <a href=\"http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>4. Parliamentary Constituency of claimant (Westminster) These constituencies are used for the Westminster parliament.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>5. Caseload information shows the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>6. The population estimates are for the constituencies for the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections as at 30th June for each year from 2002 onwards.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>7. The population estimates areas are based on data zone population estimates.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>8. Data zones do not fit exactly into the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary Constituency boundaries, so they are allocated on a 'best fit' basis.<\/p><p>9. Where a data zone crosses the boundary of two or more constituencies it is allocated to the constituency that contains the population-weighted centroid of the data zone.<\/p>"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1556", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Rob Wilson"}
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