It is not compulsory for staff to declare their ethnicity and the following table therefore only provides details on the number of staff in the Law Officers\u2019 Departments who have chosen to declare their ethnicity, and the proportions these represent of the overall workforce.<\/p>
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| <\/td> | Treasury Solicitor\u2019s <\/strong><\/p> Department (TSol) *<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Serious Fraud Office<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Crown Prosecution <\/strong><\/p> Service <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ethnic Origin<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Percentage<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Percentage <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Percentage <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Asian/Asian British<\/p><\/td> 122<\/p><\/td> 6.1%<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td> 7.3%<\/p><\/td> 471<\/p><\/td> 7.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Black/Black British<\/p><\/td> 97<\/p><\/td> 4.8%<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 4.3%<\/p><\/td> 351<\/p><\/td> 5.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mixed/Multiple Ethnic<\/p><\/td> 53<\/p><\/td> 2.6%<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 3.8%<\/p><\/td> 142<\/p><\/td> 2.2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> White/White British<\/p><\/td> 883<\/p><\/td> 44.2%<\/p><\/td> 194<\/p><\/td> 48.9%<\/p><\/td> 4478<\/p><\/td> 70.9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other Ethnic<\/p> Background<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td> 1.5%<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 2%<\/p><\/td> 72<\/p><\/td> 1.1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> * TSol data also covers the staff of the Attorney General\u2019s Office and Her Majesty\u2019s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.<\/em><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of employees in the Law Officers Departments identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227691/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills does not intend to bring the Easter Act 1928 into force in the near future. The Easter Act 1928 would set the date for Easter to fall on a Sunday between 9 and 15 April each year. The Easter Act 1928 remains on the Statute Book, but has not been brought into force. To do so would require an Order in Council, with the approval of both Houses of Parliament. The Act also requires that, before the Order is made, "regard shall be had to any opinion officially expressed by any Church or other Christian Body." There is no indication that the Churches are keen to move to a date for Easter fixed in accordance with the Easter Act 1928.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring into force the provision contained in the Easter Act 1928 to fix the date of Easter; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227692/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The skills funding agency allocates funding in response to learner demand and in accordance with Government priorities, including the importance of growing apprenticeships.<\/p> <\/p> Allocations for colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency since 2010 can be found at:<\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013<\/a><\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Allocations for 2015/16 have recently been shared with colleges and providers. They will be published on the Skills Funding Agency website as a matter of course.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Skills Funding Letter 2015 to 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects of the change in adult skills funding between 2014-15 and 2015-16 on (a) students and (b) colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Meg Hillier"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227693", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227693/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The skills funding agency allocates funding in response to learner demand and in accordance with Government priorities, including the importance of growing apprenticeships.<\/p> <\/p> Allocations for colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency since 2010 can be found at:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Year<\/p><\/td> <\/p> No of VAT registered businesses<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2005<\/p><\/td> 4,089<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2006<\/p><\/td> 4,997<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2007<\/p><\/td> 6,264<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2008<\/p><\/td> 10,860<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2009<\/p><\/td> 14,701<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2010<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 18,774<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2011<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 22,520<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2012<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 26,076<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2013<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 29,149<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2014<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 32,502<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT-registered property rental companies there were in each year since May 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3909", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Pamela Nash"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Pamela Nash"}
], "uin" : "227906"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227701", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227701/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We provide apps on request for Cabinet Office. News apps currently available to our users are:<\/p> BBC News<\/p> Sky News<\/p> The Daily Mail<\/p> The Financial Times<\/p> The Guardian<\/p> The Independent<\/p> The Mirror<\/p> The Spectator<\/p> The Sun<\/p> The Telegraph<\/p> The Times<\/p> We will add new applications as they are requested by our users. I missed some off the list previously but can confirm they are all now available.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/115", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham"}
}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Philip Davies"}
], "uin" : "227818"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227702", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227702/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The table below shows the median weekly rental values in Blackpool South constituency for the 12 months to the end of May 2010 and the 12 months to the end of February 2015. Figures are rounded to the nearest whole pound.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Median Weekly Rents in Blackpool South Constituency<\/p> <\/p> Blackpool<\/strong> South Constituency<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Median Weekly Rent<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Year ending May 2010<\/p><\/td> £120<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Year ending February 2015<\/p><\/td> £115<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1529", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Gauke"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median weekly rent in the private rented sector in Blackpool South constituency was in (a) May 2010 and (b) February 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
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