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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-04-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Free School Meals"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households claiming Universal Credit that will exceed the £7,400 annual earnings limit for free school meals as a result of (a) the increase in April 2023 of the national living wage to £10.42 an hour and (b) the extension of the individual Administrative Earnings Threshold in January 2023 to £617 a month.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612759", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612759/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Universal Support will deliver a national programme using the proven supported employment approach. A number of localities already have experience of delivering this approach, for example, through the Local Supported Employment Programme and through Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Through Universal Support, more disabled people will have access to the this \u2018Place, Train and Maintain\u2019 approach to employment support. This means placing participants in work at the earliest opportunity, training them to do their job effectively and providing ongoing support to sustain them in work. That job placement will be based on a good understanding of what the participant wants to achieve, and the employer and participant receiving support through the recruitment process and into the workplace to sustain that employment.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Support will be tailored to the participant\u2019s needs and could include help for the individual to address issues like debt, manage their health condition and help employers to put in place job shaping or other adjustments to accommodate the individual\u2019s needs. We will work with providers and local areas to ensure the appropriate support is available to participants.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-04-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Support"}
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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 Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 167120 on Employment Schemes: Disability, what new specialist support will be available to disabled jobseekers through the universal support programme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612760", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612760/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We will engage with a wide range of key stakeholders, including the Trailblazer areas, local areas, employers, providers, and experts in delivery of \u2018place and train\u2019 support on Universal Support. This will include charities and groups who support people with disabilities, and we welcome their views on how best to deliver Universal Support.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This engagement will commence very soon for initial expert views and ideas on the design of the support and how together we might best help eligible people to find and sustain employment.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4369", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Pursglove"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 167120 on Employment Schemes: Disability, if he will take steps to work with disability (a) charities and (b) groups on the development of the universal support programme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612761", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612761/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The department publishes <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-factual-medical-reports-guidance-for-healthcare-professionals/dwp-medical-factual-reports-a-guide-to-completion\" target=\"_blank\">guidance<\/a> for health professionals who have been asked to provide medical evidence for Personal Independence Payment assessments and Work Capability Assessments, on GOV.UK.<\/p>"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-04-25T10:05:48.037Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-04-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations"}
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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 Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided to health professionals who have been asked to provide medical evidence for (a) Personal Independence Payment assessments (b) Work Capability Assessments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612762", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612762/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) Bournemouth in June 2022, rating the service \u2018Requires Improvement\u2019 for several reasons, including risks to patient safety and governance. In February 2023, CQC conducted a focused follow-up inspection to check on improvements, particularly those highlighted in the Section 29 warning notice, issued as part of the 2022 inspection, as requiring significant improvement. CQC also reviewed progress where breaches of regulation were identified. They found that systems and processes had improved and that the service was making progress against their action plan where breaches of regulation were identified.<\/p><p>CQC continues to monitor the service closely, working with system partners where concerns are identified. Departmental officials also have regular meetings with the CQC to ensure women continue to receive a safe and high-quality abortion service. CQC has a range of enforcement powers which it uses on a proportional basis to keep people using services safe. This includes the ability to close services in the most serious of cases. The following table shows BPAS clinics\u2019 ratings within the last 12 months.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>BPAS clinic<\/p><\/td><td><p>Rating<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Basingstoke<\/p><\/td><td><p>Requires improvement<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Birmingham Central<\/p><\/td><td><p>Good<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Birmingham South<\/p><\/td><td><p>Requires improvement<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Doncaster<\/p><\/td><td><p>Requires improvement<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - London East<\/p><\/td><td><p>Good<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Luton<\/p><\/td><td><p>Good<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Merseyside<\/p><\/td><td><p>Requires improvement<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Middlesbrough<\/p><\/td><td><p>Requires improvement<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Norwich<\/p><\/td><td><p>Requires improvement<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Oxford Central<\/p><\/td><td><p>Good<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Portsmouth Central<\/p><\/td><td><p>Good<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Sandwell<\/p><\/td><td><p>Requires improvement<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS - Stratford upon Avon<\/p><\/td><td><p>Requires improvement<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS Leicester City<\/p><\/td><td><p>Good<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS Northampton Central<\/p><\/td><td><p>Good<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>BPAS Reading<\/p><\/td><td><p>Requires improvement<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Maria Caulfield"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Maria Caulfield"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-04-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-04-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "British Pregnancy Advisory Service: Standards"}
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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 Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) inspection processes at (a) the BPAS Bournemouth clinic following its recent rating of requires improvement and (b) other BPAS clinics in the previous year; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring BPAS clinics that do not meet the CQC's standards to close until the requirements have been implemented.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Holland and The Deepings"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612763/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO) assess bills of cost arising from proceedings in the High Court, London County Courts and Tribunals and the Court of Protection.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The only cases currently being dealt with by the SCCO outside target timescales are those arising from Court of Protection proceedings.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>As of 14 April 2023, there were 5,975 Court of Protection bills of cost awaiting assessment.\u202f This is made up of 5,544 bills under £35,000 with waiting times of 38 weeks and 431 bills with a value of between £35,000 and £100,000 with waiting times of 47 weeks.\u202f The current time taken to issue a certificate in Court of Protection cases is 20 days from the assessment having been agreed.\u202f The party then submits the certificate to the Office of Public Guardian to authorise payment from the protected party\u2019s fund.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Solicitors are not required to wait until the SCCO has assessed their bill and issued the certificate before receiving payment for costs. Court of Protection Rules enable solicitors to reimburse themselves for work undertaken in the first three-quarters of the year up to a maximum of 75% of the estimated annual charges. The total figure approved by the SCCO is adjusted to reflect any such payments made during the course of the year.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The SCCO is running a pilot in which professional deputies appointed by the Court of Protection, their legal representatives and other legal professionals involved in Court of Protection cases, may file their bills in respect of general management and other applications electronically where the relevant authority has been obtained from the Court of Protection. The pilot of this electronic and expedited process is due to conclude on 28 April 2023.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMCTS is committed to reducing the time taken to deal with Court of Protection Bills and has also reallocated resource to help with this.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4004", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mike Freer"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are awaiting review at the Senior Courts Costs Office; and if he will make an assessment of the impact of the number of cases on the work of the Court of Protection.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/491", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wallasey"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dame Angela Eagle"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612764", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Science, Innovation and Technology"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612764/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Online Safety Bill will update criminal law in relation to the communications offences, including a new false communications offence, which will criminalise the sending of a message which the sender knows to be false and sends with the intention to cause harm, without any reasonable excuse.<\/p><p>Under this offence, harm is defined as 'non-trivial psychological or physical harm', and a person who commits the offence could face a prison sentence.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4414", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Scully"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Paul Scully"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-05-03T08:55:50.38Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-04-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Media: Compensation"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of accounting for the effects of (a) financial harm and (b) reputational damage in false online communications compensation cases.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/411", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Huddersfield"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Barry Sheerman"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612765", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1612765/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>There are currently no plans to publish the rate of attrition at His Majesty\u2019s Passport Office, I refer the Rt Hon member to my answer to Question 170563: <a href=\"https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-21/170563\" target=\"_blank\">Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament<\/a>.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "HM Passport Office: Labour Turnover"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish data on the level of attrition at HM Passport Office in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1533", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dame Diana Johnson"}
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