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The Department has previously estimated (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmworpen/916/916we02.htm<\/a> - section 9 refers) that 40% of individuals in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) undergoing a reassessment to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will appeal their decision, including individuals that are appealing against disallowance of benefit or the level of an award they have received.<\/p>

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Information on the number of people in receipt of DLA expected to be reassessed for entitlement to PIP was published on 19 December 2012 and is available on www.gov.uk<\/a>: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timetable-for-introducing-personal-independence-payment-and-estimates-of-projected-caseloads-policy-briefing-note<\/a>.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4105", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Justin Tomlinson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T13:43:29.777Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, what estimate he has made of the expected additional number of appeals against decisions not to award personal independent payments following a reassessment.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4120", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kate Green"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stretford and Urmston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kate Green"} ], "uin" : "1539"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349301", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349301/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Home Office publishes data on the number of arrests in the South Yorkshire police force area. These data include the total number of arrests, and breakdowns by gender, age, and ethnicity of the person arrested, and the offence type that they were arrested for. These data are all published annually, and the latest data, which cover the year 2013/14, can be found here:<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/421809/ppp-arrests-2014-tabs.ods<\/a><\/p>

Data for previous years can be found here:<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales<\/a><\/p>

The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the number of arrests made in parliamentary constituencies, or individual towns or cities.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1528", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mike Penning"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemel Hempstead"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mike Penning"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T13:17:44.077Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Arrests: South Yorkshire"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of arrests made in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley and (c) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3916", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Michael Dugher"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barnsley East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Michael Dugher"} ], "uin" : "1707"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349330", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349330/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Statistics on people in receipt of Carer\u2019s Allowance is published and available at:<\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

Guidance for users can be found at:<\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4105", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Justin Tomlinson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T13:35:16.013Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Carer's Allowance: South Yorkshire"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of carer's allowance in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley and (c) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3916", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Michael Dugher"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barnsley East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Michael Dugher"} ], "uin" : "1730"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349343", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349343/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The following table shows the number of male and female cadets by each cadet force as of 1 April each year from 2008 to 2014.<\/p>

<\/p>

NUMBER OF CADETS BY GENDER<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

FORCE/YEAR<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2008<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Combined Cadet Force<\/p><\/td>

Male<\/p><\/td>

31,990<\/p><\/td>

32,610<\/p><\/td>

32,220<\/p><\/td>

32,390<\/p><\/td>

32,350<\/p><\/td>

31,460<\/p><\/td>

30,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Female<\/p><\/td>

11,330<\/p><\/td>

12,110<\/p><\/td>

11,910<\/p><\/td>

12,500<\/p><\/td>

12,660<\/p><\/td>

12,870<\/p><\/td>

12,750<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Sea Cadet Corps<\/p><\/td>

Male<\/p><\/td>

6,110<\/p><\/td>

6,140<\/p><\/td>

5,500<\/p><\/td>

8,550<\/p><\/td>

9,200<\/p><\/td>

8,870<\/p><\/td>

8,730<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Female<\/p><\/td>

3,520<\/p><\/td>

3,260<\/p><\/td>

2,810<\/p><\/td>

4,360<\/p><\/td>

4,720<\/p><\/td>

4,860<\/p><\/td>

4,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Army Cadet Force<\/p><\/td>

Male<\/p><\/td>

32,260<\/p><\/td>

33,420<\/p><\/td>

33,540<\/p><\/td>

33,560<\/p><\/td>

33,490<\/p><\/td>

31,780<\/p><\/td>

28,940<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Female<\/p><\/td>

12,550<\/p><\/td>

12,500<\/p><\/td>

13,460<\/p><\/td>

11,330<\/p><\/td>

11,620<\/p><\/td>

12,090<\/p><\/td>

12,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Air Training Corps<\/p><\/td>

Male<\/p><\/td>

21,940<\/p><\/td>

22,030<\/p><\/td>

24,690<\/p><\/td>

26,480<\/p><\/td>

26,520<\/p><\/td>

24,660<\/p><\/td>

24,420<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Female<\/p><\/td>

7,870<\/p><\/td>

7,920<\/p><\/td>

8,870<\/p><\/td>

8,730<\/p><\/td>

9,230<\/p><\/td>

8,820<\/p><\/td>

9,170<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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<\/p>

This information is included in the UK Reserve Forces and Cadets annual publication available from the .gov.uk website at the following link https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strength-of-the-uk-reserve-forces-index<\/a>.<\/p>

<\/p>

The next report, scheduled for publication on 18 June 2015, will include the figures for 2015.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1544", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Milton Keynes North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mark Lancaster"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T15:55:55.567Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "11"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Armed Forces: Cadets"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) girls and (b) boys were engaged in each of the cadet forces in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1490", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bridgend"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mrs Madeleine Moon"} ], "uin" : "1500"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349415", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349415/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Ministry of Defence no longer compiles national or regional defence industry employment statistics as they do not directly support policy-making or operations.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1542", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Philip Dunne"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ludlow"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Philip Dunne"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T15:56:42.057Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "11"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Ministry of Defence: Supply Chains"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs his Department (a) directly and (b) indirectly supports through its supply chain in (i) the North West, (ii) Tameside and (iii) Stockport.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "1739"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349432", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349432/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

On 28 May, the Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill in the House of Lords, which provides for a blanket ban on the production, distribution, sale and supply of psychoactive substances. This will apply to both online and offline markets and give police, other law enforcement agencies and local authorities the power to take action where necessary.<\/p>

We are also taking forward a comprehensive action plan on new psychoactive substances (NPS) to enhance our response to prevention, treatment and information sharing. For example, we have launched a tool kit to help local areas prevent and respond to NPS use, published clinical guidelines and we continue to proactively monitor NPS in the UK through our Forensic Early Warning System and Drugs Early Warning System.<\/p>

All of the six NPS recently risk-assessed by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction are already permanently controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1528", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mike Penning"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemel Hempstead"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mike Penning"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T13:18:14.13Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Drugs"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the annual report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction on legal highs, published on 4 June 2015; and what plans she has to review her policy on legal highs.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/545", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Flynn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newport West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paul Flynn"} ], "uin" : "1614"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349434", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Energy and Climate Change"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349434/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Section 4.5 of the Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy and section 2.8 of the Nuclear National Policy Statement set out the Government\u2019s views on consideration of good design in making proposals for major energy infrastructure, including new nuclear power stations. In doing so, the Overarching Energy NPS states that \u201chigh quality and inclusive design goes far beyond aesthetic considerations\u201d. The Planning Inspectorate will take the NPSs into account in considering applications for development.<\/p>

The Energy NPSs are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-policy-statements-for-energy-infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4117", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrea Leadsom"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Northamptonshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrea Leadsom"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T10:46:29.69Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "63"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Energy and Climate Change"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Energy and Climate Change"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Nuclear Power Stations"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that future nuclear power stations have aesthetic appeal.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/545", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Flynn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newport West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paul Flynn"} ], "uin" : "1615"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/348873", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/348873/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) receives around 4 million disclosure applications a year and provides the Home Office with monthly updates on the length of time taken to process disclosure checks. Latest figures relating to May 2015 show that 94.6% of disclosure applications were processed within 56 days against a DBS service standard to issue 95% of all disclosures within this time. Most disclosure applications are processed in a shorter timescale and, in May 2015, 87.3% of applications were processed within 21 days. The average time taken to process applications nationally in May 2015 was 14.2 days and in the West Midlands 24.7 days.<\/p>

A key aspect of DBS administration is to ensure that disclosure checks are both accurate and completed within service standard timescales. In the small proportion of cases where checks have not been completed within these timescales, the DBS is expected to take the necessary steps to progress the case including, as appropriate, working with the police and other parties involved in the checking process.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4110", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Staffordshire Moorlands"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Karen Bradley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "1467"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T13:29:11.543Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Vetting"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the length of time taken to process Disclosure and Barring Service checks; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Coventry South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Jim Cunningham"} ], "uin" : "1466"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/348874", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/348874/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) receives around 4 million disclosure applications a year and provides the Home Office with monthly updates on the length of time taken to process disclosure checks. Latest figures relating to May 2015 show that 94.6% of disclosure applications were processed within 56 days against a DBS service standard to issue 95% of all disclosures within this time. Most disclosure applications are processed in a shorter timescale and, in May 2015, 87.3% of applications were processed within 21 days. The average time taken to process applications nationally in May 2015 was 14.2 days and in the West Midlands 24.7 days.<\/p>

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No decisions have been taken on police funding beyond 2015/16. Future funding levels will be subject to the outcome of the Spending Review later this year. However, as my Rt. Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer made clear in his Budget Statement on 18 March, sustained economic stability will require difficult decisions to be made about public spending .<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1528", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mike Penning"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemel Hempstead"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mike Penning"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T13:15:07.567Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Police: West Midlands"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the policing budget for the West Midlands in each of the next five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Coventry South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Jim Cunningham"} ], "uin" : "1468"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "next" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=1&answer.dateOfAnswer=2015-06-11&max-date=2019-07-01&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2018-11-22", "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 155, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }