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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106185/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Support is provided in some circumstances to failed asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.<\/p><p>Although no specific records are kept, only a small number of people seek support because they claim they are permanently unable to leave the UK. Support is provided because there is a temporary legal or practical obstacle to departure, for example because the person is too sick to travel or needs time to apply for the necessary travel document. The number of people who have been on section 4 support for more than 6 months is 4,395.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Asylum: Finance"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government how many people for whom return is not possible have been in receipt of support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 for longer than six months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3691", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106186", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106186/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Approximately £850,000 of credit has not been used since the card was introduced in December 2009 for this reason.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3787", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Asylum: Finance"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what is the total amount of unspent credit which has been removed from Azure card users as a result of the card's £5 carry-over limit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3691", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Roberts of Llandudno"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106197", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106197/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government makes no specific assessment of business awareness of Cyber Crime. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills conducts an annual Information Security Breaches Survey which gathers a range of data from businesses. In the 2014 survey 79% of respondents said that company management placed a high or very high priority on security. 68% of large organisations and 54% of small businesses provide ongoing security awareness training to their staff. <br><br>Estimating the costs of cyber crime is challenging. The UK cyber security strategy noted &quot;a truly robust estimate will probably never be established, but it is clear the costs are high and rising&quot;. Research used in the strategy suggested that costs to UK could be in the order of £27 billion per year. The Home Office has been focussing on improving and expanding the data on the prevalence of different types of cyber crime in order to develop more informed estimates of cost of cyber crime. The Home Office has set up a new external working group to improve those estimates.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4110", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Business: Cybercrime"}
      , "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 the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of business awareness of cyber-crime; and what information her Department holds on financial loss resulting from cyber-attacks.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1470", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian C. Lucas"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ian Lucas"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106242", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106242/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The NCA has a network of around 140 International Liaison Officers (ILOs) which covers over 100 countries. The National Crime Agency's ILOs are available to provide support to all the Agency's investigations, including those for cyber crime led by the National Cyber Crime Unit. The National Cyber Crime Unit has a strong working relationship with international partners. Over the past year the National Cyber Crime Unit has led the UK response in a number of global operations targeting malware.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4110", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley"}
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        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-11-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cybercrime"}
      , "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 the Home Department, what contribution the National Crime Agency international liaison officers have made to a cohesive international approach to cyber-crime.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1470", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian C. Lucas"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ian Lucas"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106267", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106267/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is clear that where children are found to have been trafficked, regardless of exploitation type, their safety and welfare needs must be addressed as a priority and that child victims require tailored support which addresses their specific needs and vulnerabilities. <br><br>All local agencies including local authorities, police and Border Forcehave statutory duties to safeguard children as part of their local<br>responsibilities, regardless of nationality or immigration status. A child\u2019s welfare is always the overriding consideration. <br><br>Responsibility for the care, protection and accommodation of all child trafficking victims rests with local authorities. local authorities have <br>well-established child support arrangements and a statutory duty under the Children Act 2004 to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children<br>in need of protection, including trafficked children regardless of their nationality or immigration status. Under these arrangements, looked after <br>children are provided with access to all their needs be they in relation to education, accommodation, psychological or health needs.<br>Local authorities co-ordinate the arrangements for each looked after childto ensure they are safeguarded and have their welfare promoted.<br><br>In January 2014 the Government announced proposals to trial specialist independent advocates for trafficked children. The trial, which began on 8 September 2014, will last for a period of 12 months across 23 local authorities in England. <br><br>The Modern Slavery Bill gives these advocates a statutory basis and the status they need to effectively support and represent the child. The Bill commits the Government to lay a report before Parliament setting out the steps the Government will take in relation to advocates for victims of child trafficking under these powers. Lessons learned from the trials will be detailed in the report, at which point we will be in a better position to assess what works best in supporting and protecting these vulnerable children.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4110", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Karen Bradley"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-11-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Human Trafficking"}
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      , "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 the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department has put in place to assist non-UK minors who are trafficked for sex.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Selly Oak"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"}
      ], "uin" : "213215"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106325", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106325/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department does not hold information on the number of cases of indecent images of children either self-taken, or possessed, by an under-18 reported to the police or referred to the Crown Prosecution Service.<br><br>I should also be clear that the Department is not able to intercept private communications between mobile phones and other devices to remove self-taken indecent images of children.<br><br>The police are operationally independent and it is not for the Home Office to direct officers how to do their job. The Child Protection and Abuse <br>Investigation Business Area Lead for the police has produced guidance on dealing with young people who share self-taken indecent images, and this is available to all officers.<br><br>We have a responsibility to educate young people to use technology safely and strongly discourage them from sharing self-taken indecent photographs. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Command of the National Crime Agency has developed a specific educational resource to tackle \u2018sexting\u2019, which is designed for use by teachers. In addition, in December 2013 the Government launched the latest \u2018This is Abuse\u2019 campaign, which includes messages about the issue of \u2018sexting\u2019 as part of radio, online and social media advertising.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1531", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Featherstone"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lynne Featherstone"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-11-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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          , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lynne Featherstone"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sexting"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department can take to remove illegal sexting images sent through mobile telephones and other electronic devices; and how many such images have been so removed in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1480", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Maria Miller"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Maria Miller"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106326", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106326/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In the financial year 2013-14, ten Arrest Warrants from Member States for British nationals were refused by the courts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Information is not held for the financial years 2011-12 and 2012-13.<br><br><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td> <\/td><td><p> <\/p><p><strong>Financial year 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Final court decisions on Arrest Warrants issued by Member States for the surrender of British Nationals<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>46<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrants for British nationals that were refused by the court<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>10<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrant for British nationals refused as a proportion of total of final court decisions.<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>22%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><br>Of the total number of surrenders from England, Wales and Northern Ireland between April 2009 and March 2014, over 95% (4,855 of 5,072) of people surrendered were foreign nationals and just over 4.3% (217 of 5,072) were British nationals. By way of comparison, in non-Arrest Warrant cases over a similar period 40% of those extradited have been British nationals.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4110", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Karen Bradley"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "213255"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of European Arrest Warrant requests made against UK citizens by other countries were refused in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1586", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Adam Afriyie"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Windsor"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Adam Afriyie"}
      ], "uin" : "213339"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106327", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106327/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Entry Clearance applications are divided into settlement and non-settlement categories. The \u2018settlement\u2019 category includes applications to bring an adopted non-EU child to the UK. The service standard for processing \u2018settlement\u2019 applications is: 95 per cent within 12 weeks of the application date and 100 per cent within 24 weeks of the application date, however, there may be circumstances in complex cases where a decision will take longer. <br>The Home Office does not record whether the adopted child was a surrogate birth or not on the entry clearance case-working system in a way that can be used to produce statistic<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1530", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Brokenshire"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Old Bexley and Sidcup"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "James Brokenshire"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-11-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Passports"}
      , "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 the Home Department, what target has been set for time taken to process applications from UK citizens waiting to return to the UK with surrogate children from outside the EU; and how many such applications made in the last three years were processed within that time.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3925", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Julie Hilling"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bolton West"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Julie Hilling"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106328", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106328/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office does not hold information relating to UK citizens wishing to return to the UK with surrogate children from outside the EU. The number of Entry Clearance applications to bring adopted non-EU children to the UK over the past 3 years, along with the average time taken to process such applications is shown in the following table.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td> <\/td><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Applications processed<\/p><\/td><td><p>113<\/p><\/td><td><p>88<\/p><\/td><td><p>60<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Average time taken to process applications (working days)<\/p><\/td><td><p>66.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>14.8<\/p><\/td><td><p>24.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Visa endorsements for adoption and settlement. Source: HO Management Information, Performance, Reporting and Analysis Unit, 05.11.14<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1530", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Brokenshire"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "James Brokenshire"}
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