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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124577/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The latest official statistics for households capped under Housing Benefit and Universal Credit were published on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> May 2019, and contain data on households capped to February 2019, published here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2019\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2019<\/a>.<\/p><p>Statistics by Local Authority are available in Tables 2 and 9, respectively. The number of households who have had their Housing Benefit award capped by local authorities are also published on the DWP Stat Xplore portal (<a href=\"https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a>).<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Statistics on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (for local authorities in England and Wales) are provided by local authorities on a voluntary basis and as such may not correspond exactly to the total Discretionary Housing Payment funds allocated. In addition, Discretionary Housing Payment awards can be recorded against a combination of welfare reform categories including households affected by the benefit cap.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The latest statistics on spend by local authorities, covering the period April to September 2018, are published here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2018<\/a>.<\/p><p>Statistics relating to the specific welfare reform category can be found in Table 7.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The latest full year of statistics available are for the 17/18 financial year and are published here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-financial-year-2017-to-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-financial-year-2017-to-2018<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the recommendation to exempt claimants in temporary accommodation from the benefit cap on page 7 of the report of the Work and Pensions Committee, The Benefit Cap, published on 12 March 2019, HC 1477, if she will ask local authorities to publish the number of households that are currently affected by the cap in their area; and how much Discretionary Housing Payment funding has been used to cover their rent shortfalls in the most recent period for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4138", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rushanara Ali"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124580", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124580/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Foreign Secretary spoke to Brunei\u2019s Foreign Minister, Dato Erywan, on 4 April to express the UK\u2019s concerns about the impact of the Sharia Penal Code. On 11 April, the Foreign Secretary and I met Dato Erywan and the Finance Minister, Dato Amin Liew, in London. The Prime Minister wrote to His Majesty The Sultan on 1 May encouraging the Sultan of Brunei to respond to international concerns.<\/p><p>\u200bWe welcome the assurances thereafter provided by His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei on 5 May; in particular, confirmation that the <em>de facto<\/em> moratorium on the death penalty will apply to punishments under the Sharia Penal Code and that His Majesty the Sultan will commit to ratifying the United Nations Convention Against Torture. Following this announcement, I again met Dato Erywan and Dato Amin Liew on 7 May in London followed by a letter from the Foreign Secretary on 9 May.<\/p><p>The announcement by His Majesty demonstrates the importance of engaging in respectful dialogue and diplomacy to address sensitive issues. The assurances provided by His Majesty the Sultan are positive and go some way to addressing our anxieties about the human rights situation in Brunei. However, we urge Brunei to build on these assurances and formalise its commitment to respect individual freedoms and minorities.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1405", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mark Field"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mark Field"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2019 to Question 245924 on Brunei: LGBT People, what meetings he has had with his counterpart in Brunei on the implementation of anti-LGBT laws in that country; and what the outcomes of those meetings has been.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4573", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr Rosena Allin-Khan"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124581", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124581/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>NHS England is committed to providing the most appropriate out-of-hospital urgent care, which is simple for patients to navigate. In response to the review of urgent treatment services in the National Health Service (published in 2015), patients and the public said that they felt confused by the mix of walk-in centres, minor injuries units and urgent care centres, in addition to numerous general practitioner health centres and surgeries offering varied levels of core and extended service.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The \u2018Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View\u2019 set out plans for the roll-out of urgent treatment centres. Following the publication of \u2018Urgent Treatment Centres \u2013 Principles and Standards\u2019 in July 2017, systems have been developing their plans for local service provision.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan has reiterated the intent to fully implement the Urgent Treatment Centre model by autumn 2020, so that all localities have a consistent offer for out-of-hospital urgent care.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "NHS Walk-in Centres"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for Clinical Commissioning Groups to phase out the provision of walk-in centres.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/177", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gareth Thomas"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Harrow West"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gareth Thomas"}
      ], "uin" : "250425"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124586", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124586/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January this year, the National Health Service has been working with a broad range of experts to lead the development of a new People Plan. The aim of the plan is to provide clarity and detail to the 10-year workforce vision set out in the Long Term Plan, including making sure the NHS has the staff it needs.<\/p><p>The plan\u2019s initial recommendations will be presented to the Department this spring, with the final People Plan currently scheduled for publication following the Spending Review.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the interim recommendations of Baroness Dido Harding's Workforce Implementation Plan will be published.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Howarth"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Knowsley"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr George Howarth"}
      ], "uin" : "250441"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124587", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124587/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the administration of the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme on behalf of the Secretary of State. The following table shows the number of applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme received by the NHS Business Services Authority in each scheme year since 2002.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Number of Cases Received<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2002<\/p><\/td><td><p>678<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2003<\/p><\/td><td><p>710<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2004<\/p><\/td><td><p>765<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2005<\/p><\/td><td><p>584<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2006<\/p><\/td><td><p>465<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007<\/p><\/td><td><p>349<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008<\/p><\/td><td><p>524<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>520<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>381<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>312<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>301<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>208<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>212<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>176<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>106<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>77<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018<\/p><\/td><td><p>94<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019<\/p><\/td><td><p>18<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Information is not held in the format requested on the number of successful applications, and it would incur disproportionate cost to the NHS Business Services Authority to interrogate individual member records to produce this data.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "NHS Injury Benefits Scheme"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme have been made in each year since 2002; and what proportion of those applications have been successful.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124589", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124589/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department has made no recent assessment of reviewing the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme. A partnership review of the Scheme was conducted by NHS Employers and Trade Unions of the NHS Injury Benefit provisions in 2013, and new arrangements came into force from 1 April 2013.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the permanent injury benefit system under the NHS injury benefits scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124590", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124590/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the administration of the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme on behalf of the Secretary of State. The Injury Benefits Scheme covers NHS workers with injuries or diseases contracted through their employment before 31 March 2013.<\/p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority will process Injury Benefits applications received up to and including 30 March 2018 but only in respect of injuries or diseases occurring on or before 30 March 2013. An exception to this rule is that the NHS Business Services Authority will process Injury Benefit applications received by 30 March 2038 for applicants who can provide evidence that there has been a delayed onset of their symptoms, such that application was not possible before 30 March 2018.<\/p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority has always had a dedicated team to process Injury Benefit applications, and the Department is content with the efficacy of their administration.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"}
        }
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the NHS Business Services Authority in processing applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS injury benefits scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Arfon"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"}
      ], "uin" : "250445"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124594", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124594/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Any appointment to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) will be made in line with the Cabinet Office Governance Code for Public Appointments 2016. The Government will consider the position of the MAC Chair shortly. <br> <br>Information about the business experience of candidates is not collected in the form requested.<\/p><p>Following the publication of the Governance Code in 2016, candidates for public appointments have been given the option to declare the sector of their principal employment. In the recruitment campaign for MAC members in 2017, two candidates, neither of whom was appointed, declared that their principal employment was in the private sector. This does not mean that other candidates did not have business experience which they chose to highlight in their application or, if appropriate, their interview.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"}
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