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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2019 to Question 273770 on Fines: Surcharges, how much funding has been allocated from the Victim Surcharge to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in each year since 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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