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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 122 of work programme evaluation: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department on 18 December 2014, for what reasons the performance management approach applied in the Work Programme was replaced by a more prescriptive system.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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