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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Hartz Reforms on employment in Germany, what support his Department provides to people in marginal employment in the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/88", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797368/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The childcare service helpline is run by National Savings and Investments (NS&amp;I) who are HMRC\u2019s delivery partner for the service. They have recently increased the staff working on the helpline. HMRC are working with NS&amp;I to deliver training and support to the childcare service helpline to improve the quality of service.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4640", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Linden"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797400", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4656", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Layla Moran"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797516", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797516/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A significant proportion of the Treasury\u2019s work is in some way related to exiting the European Union and this fluctuates over time as it interacts with Treasury\u2019s other priorities.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Many staff will work both on EU Exit and other priorities so it is not possible to accurately estimate the number of Treasury officials who will be engaged on EU Exit work at any one time.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to the House of Lords European Union Committee on 31 October, how many civil servants his Department (a) has recruited and (b) expects to recruit to work on leaving the EU.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
      }
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797675", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797675/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As announced in Autumn Budget 2017, the government is confident that the Total Carbon Price, currently made up of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and the Carbon Price Support, is set at the right level and will continue to target a similar carbon price until unabated coal is no longer used.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/62", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797677/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The government will target a Total Carbon Price similar to current levels until unabated coal is no longer used in power generation. The Carbon Price Support rates have been legislated for up to April 2020, and indicative rates have been set until April 2021.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/62", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer,  what estimate he has made of the (a) number of officials to be employed by his Department and (b) his Department's payroll in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021 and (v) 2022 as a result of the UK leaving EU.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"}
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