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Ministers are responsible for the answers they give to Parliamentary questions. As explained within the Guidance on Drafting Answers to Parliamentary Questions, it is the Minister\u2019s right and responsibility to decide on how to fulfil their obligations as set out within the Ministerial Code. Each Department is responsible for issuing their own guidance to employees on the Departmental requirements for answers to Parliamentary Questions.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4021", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Skidmore"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingswood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Skidmore"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-11-04T11:45:05.777Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-11-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Written Questions"} , "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 guidance his Department has given to other government departments on answering Written Parliamentary Questions using a reference to the gov.uk website without referring hon. Members to a specific page where the information sought can be found.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Preston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Mark Hendrick"} ], "uin" : "51397"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/626506", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/626506/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Prime Minister is clear that she will trigger Article 50 no later than the end of March next year.<\/p>
The government is disappointed by Thursday's High Court judgement, but we have no intention of letting this change our timetable for triggering Article 50. We will appeal this judgement.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4021", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Skidmore"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingswood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Skidmore"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/626506/answer/previousversion/18840", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4021", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Skidmore"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingswood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Skidmore"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-11-04T15:09:54.613Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-11-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Brexit"} , "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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2016 to Question 49982, which Minister will exercise the prerogative to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functions of the EU on behalf of the sovereign.", "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" : "51394"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/626507", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/626507/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
It is for individual departments to determine their own access arrangements. The Cabinet Office's own protective security arrangements apply to staff, contractors and all visitors. It is not the policy of the department to publish what those arrangements are.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4021", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Skidmore"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingswood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Skidmore"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-11-04T09:41:10.09Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-11-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Government Departments: Sanitation"} , "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, which government departments allow professional drivers making deliveries to departmental premises to use employee toilet facilities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Flello"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stoke-on-Trent South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Robert Flello"} ], "uin" : "51435"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/626509", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/626509/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes annual home VAT liabilities for each trade sector as defined by the \u2019Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities\u2019. This is shown in Table 2.5 of the VAT Factsheet and includes home VAT liabilities for the \u2018Education\u2019 sector, and is available here: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Statistical%20Factsheets/VAT_Factsheet_16.xls<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> HMRC is not able to separate this data into amounts of VAT paid by further education and sixth form colleges.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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Month<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Minutes: seconds<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oct-15<\/p><\/td> 09:13<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-15<\/p><\/td> 09:03<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dec-15<\/p><\/td> 08:37<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jan-16<\/p><\/td> 08:20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feb-16<\/p><\/td> 08:32<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mar-16<\/p><\/td> 08:37<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-16<\/p><\/td> 08:28<\/p><\/td><\/tr> May-16<\/p><\/td> 08:34<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jun-16<\/p><\/td> 08:45<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jul-16<\/p><\/td> 08:27<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aug-16<\/p><\/td> 08:06<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-16<\/p><\/td> 07:58<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average waiting time was for a call to be answered, (b) average length of each answered call and (c) longest waiting time was to the HM Revenue and Customs' publicised helplines in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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