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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759565/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests broken down by offence group and police force area. These data are published in the \u2018Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletins, and data can be accessed here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2016\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2016<\/a><\/p><p>Data presented here are on the police power of arrest. In line with police recorded crime statistics, these data cover arrests for all notifiable offences carried out by police in England and Wales<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Aviation: Lasers"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft with a laser pointer under the Aviation and Safety Act 1982 within the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4219", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Fink"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759566/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Potential victims of modern slavery in England and Wales are entitled to a reflection and recovery period for a minimum of 45 calendar days, or until a conclusive decision has been made on their victim status. This meets and exceeds obligations under the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, which requires a minimum of 30 days of support. In practice, many potential victims are in support for more than 90 days.<\/p><p>As part of the Government\u2019s reform of the National Referral Mechanism, we are working with partners to assess how the current system works in practice and consider the support we provide to victims, to ensure that it enables them to begin to recover, rebuild their lives, and avoid future exploitation.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of how the 45 day reflection and recovery period for victims of trafficking and modern slavery, under the National Referral Mechanism, is working in practice; and whether that time limit is 45 working days, or 45 calendar days.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Hylton"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759567", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759567/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The review into the funding of Islamist extremist activity in the UK used the Government\u2019s definition of extremism, set out in the Counter-Extremism Strategy published in October 2015. Extremism is the vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. We also regard calls for the death of members of our armed forces as extremist.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 12 July (HLWS40), what definition of political and social extremism they used in the Home Office Review; and whether that definition included religious conservatism.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Hylton"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759678", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759678/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As set out in paragraph 20 of the Government\u2019s policy paper (Cm 9464), settled status would generally be lost if a person was absent from the UK for more than two years, unless they have strong ties here.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Both the UK and EU\u2019s position - as set out in the joint technical note on citizens\u2019 rights available here: <a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-technical-note-on-the-comparison-of-eu-uk-positions-on-citizens-rights\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-technical-note-on-the-comparison-of-eu-uk-positions-on-citizens-rights<\/a> - is that in identifying the necessary five years\u2019 continuous residence to acquire settled status, the definition of continuity of residence should reflect Article 16 (3) of Directive 2004/38, which permits absences of six months in any 12 months, or 12 months for an important reason, for example studying or being posted abroad.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We will publish more details of the new scheme, including details of eligibility criteria, in due course once an agreement has been reached.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Brandon Lewis"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universities: EU Nationals"}
      , "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, if she will make it her policy that applications for settled status of EU academics working in UK universities will not be affected by the time spent outside of the UK to support their research activity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4434", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Gethins"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Fife"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Gethins"}
      ], "uin" : "10230"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759692", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759692/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is a non-departmental public body (NDPB). The Government is committed to the Haldane principle, whereby funding decisions are made by independent experts and as such government departments are not in a position to intervene in that decision making process on behalf of particular projects or individuals.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Research funding is awarded on a competitive basis and the decision to fund projects such as potential work on criminal gangs is taken by the ESRC following a peer review and wider commissioning process. Grant funding is very competitive, and it is not possible to fund all fundable proposals. The commissioning processes are, however, designed to ensure that all research areas are treated fairly.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4071", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sarah Newton"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Truro and Falmouth"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Sarah Newton"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Gangs: Research"}
      , "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, if she will make it her policy to allocate funding from the public purse for the Economic and Social Research Council's additional research on the state of criminal gangs and their activities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1583", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Ham"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lyn Brown"}
      ], "uin" : "10030"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759709", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759709/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The UK and Israel do not have reciprocal visa requirements, including for visits. Such requirements are matters for the respective country.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Immigration Rules for visitors - <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules<\/a> - set out the requirements that applicants must meet in order to visit the UK. These include that the applicant must satisfy the decision maker that they are a genuine visitor who will leave the UK at the end of their visit and will not make the UK their main home through frequent or successive visits.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Great Yarmouth"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Brandon Lewis"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-10T09:07:42.107Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Israel: Visas"}
      , "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, whether Israel and the UK have reciprocal visa requirements for visits of six months or less; and whether there are any additional requirements that Israel places on UK citizens visiting Israel that the UK does not place on Israeli citizens visiting the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chi Onwurah"}
      ], "uin" : "10164"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759751", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759751/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p>Since 8 April 2015 departure data has been collected on all scheduled commercial services departing the UK from air and sea ports and from international rail stations except those services not within the scope of the exit checks programme.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Border Force hold data for outbound alerts issued by Border Force at the National Border Targeting Centre (NBTC) where feedback has been received, such as those which have been progressed for pre-departure intervention.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>A variety of agencies, including Border Force, undertake outbound interventions, as a result of this various activity there is no single record held on their respective outcomes.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
        }
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many exit checks were conducted at each UK border point of exit in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those checks resulted in (a) temporary and (b) permanent detention by police or other authorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4264", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Doughty"}
      }
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759752", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Force officers were deployed to Heathrow Airport in each month between August 2016 and August 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1604", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Virendra Sharma"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
        }
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of UK Border Force officers deployed to Heathrow Airport were absent on each day in August 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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