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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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