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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 199738 on Universal Credit: Disqualification, for what reason information on the number of children living in households subject to a Universal Credit sanction is not readily available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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