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<\/p>

The report will be placed in the Library when the Home Secretary announces her
decision on whether to authorise water cannon for use by the police in England
and Wales.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/76", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Green"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ashford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Green"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-04-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-04-09T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-02-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the report entitled The medical implications of vehicle-mounted water cannon with special reference to the Ziegler Wasserwerfer 9000 (WaWe 9) system, published by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1170", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sarah Teather"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Brent Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sarah Teather"} ], "uin" : "188418"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/39032", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/39032/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

<\/p>

<\/p>

For offenders the period of post-release supervision on licence forms an integral part of a sentence imposed by the court. The overriding priority is to protect the public from harm and prevent re-offending.<\/p>

<\/p>

The recall of offenders on licence is designed to protect the public by removing an offender from the community who, by breaching his licence conditions, is considered to present an increased risk of re-offending and where the Probation Service recommends that this is the most effective response to the increased risk, in order to protect the public.<\/p>

<\/p>

Behaviour that can result in recall includes: the commission of further offences or charges being laid; behaviour which indicates that further offending is imminent; or breaches of licence conditions which undermine the Probation Service's ability to provide effective supervision, such as not living at the address stipulated on the licence or failing to attend probation appointments.<\/p>

<\/p>

Once recalled, it is the responsibility of the police to apprehend offenders, although all agencies closely co-operate to ensure that they are swiftly returned to custody.<\/p>

<\/p>

Data on those offenders who had committed minor breaches of licence, were warned, and not recalled to prison are not collected centrally. Those offenders whose breach of licence has resulted in a recall to prison are published quarterly in the Ministry of Justice's Offender Management Statistics Quarterly Bulletin. This may be found at the following web address:<\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

The most recent bulletin was published on 30 January 2014, covering all offenders who were recalled to custody since 1 January 1984 and who remained unlawfully at large as at 31 December 2013. Therefore, the total number who remained unlawfully at large as at 31 December 2013 includes some offenders who were recalled before 2001/02.<\/p>

<\/p>

In over 99 per cent of cases where an offender has been recalled, the individual has successfully been returned to custody. Where an offender has died we are unable to remove them from the list until we receive a death certificate.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

The data covering the years since 2001/02 are shown in the table below.<\/p>

<\/p>

Financial year<\/p><\/td>

Number of recalls<\/p><\/td>

Prisoners who remain unlawfully at large<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2001/02<\/p><\/td>

5,086<\/p><\/td>

29<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2002/03<\/p><\/td>

8,406<\/p><\/td>

29<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2003/04<\/p><\/td>

11,268<\/p><\/td>

55<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2004/05<\/p><\/td>

11,171<\/p><\/td>

30<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

11,450<\/p><\/td>

73<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

13,411<\/p><\/td>

60<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

13,252<\/p><\/td>

65<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

13,467<\/p><\/td>

76<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

15,004<\/p><\/td>

89<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

15,631<\/p><\/td>

79<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

16,591<\/p><\/td>

118<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

16,307<\/p><\/td>

127<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-September 2013<\/p><\/td>

8,847<\/p><\/td>

146<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Data on the number of releases on temporary release licence (ROTL) since 1995-6, and temporary release failures since 2004-5 are published in the NOMS Prison Performance Digest. This may be found at the following web address:<\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

The most recent data were published on 25 July 2013.<\/p>

<\/p>

Data on ROTL and recorded temporary release failures are shown in the table below.<\/p>

<\/p>

Financial year<\/p><\/td>

Release on temporary licence<\/p><\/td>

Recorded temporary release failures<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2001/02<\/p><\/td>

273,569<\/p><\/td>

293<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2002/03<\/p><\/td>

294,112<\/p><\/td>

312<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2003/04<\/p><\/td>

342,742<\/p><\/td>

395<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2004/05<\/p><\/td>

397,969<\/p><\/td>

366<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

407,199<\/p><\/td>

360<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

409,139<\/p><\/td>

306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

434,728<\/p><\/td>

248<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

431,351<\/p><\/td>

277<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

419,016<\/p><\/td>

274<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

431,178<\/p><\/td>

281<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

488,158<\/p><\/td>

404<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

518,862<\/p><\/td>

431<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Not all temporary release failures are recorded on central administrative systems. Those that are not recorded centrally are more likely to be low-level failures including, for example, returning with unauthorised possessions. These failures are managed locally. Where failures are recorded, the central administrative system only allows for one reason to be recorded; where it is a failure to return this takes priority.<\/p>

<\/p>

The number of prisoners unlawfully at large (UAL) having failed to return from release on temporary licence for each financial year since 2004/05 is shown in the table below.<\/p>

<\/p>

Financial year<\/p><\/td>

Number of prisoners who remain UAL following failure to return from ROTL<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2004/05<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

To provide the number of temporary release failures where the prisoner has failed to return and remains unlawfully at large prior to this date would require the manual interrogation of 1,000 temporary release records which could be done only at disproportionate cost.<\/p>

<\/p>

These figures have all been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1560", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kenilworth and Southam"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jeremy Wright"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-04-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "188584"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-04-07T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-02-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of breaches by offenders released on licence there were in each year since 2002.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1577", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sadiq Khan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Tooting"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sadiq Khan"} ], "uin" : "188583"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/39033", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/39033/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

<\/p>

<\/p>

For offenders the period of post-release supervision on licence forms an integral part of a sentence imposed by the court. The overriding priority is to protect the public from harm and prevent re-offending.<\/p>

<\/p>

The recall of offenders on licence is designed to protect the public by removing an offender from the community who, by breaching his licence conditions, is considered to present an increased risk of re-offending and where the Probation Service recommends that this is the most effective response to the increased risk, in order to protect the public.<\/p>

<\/p>

Behaviour that can result in recall includes: the commission of further offences or charges being laid; behaviour which indicates that further offending is imminent; or breaches of licence conditions which undermine the Probation Service's ability to provide effective supervision, such as not living at the address stipulated on the licence or failing to attend probation appointments.<\/p>

<\/p>

Once recalled, it is the responsibility of the police to apprehend offenders, although all agencies closely co-operate to ensure that they are swiftly returned to custody.<\/p>

<\/p>

Data on those offenders who had committed minor breaches of licence, were warned, and not recalled to prison are not collected centrally. Those offenders whose breach of licence has resulted in a recall to prison are published quarterly in the Ministry of Justice's Offender Management Statistics Quarterly Bulletin. This may be found at the following web address:<\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

The most recent bulletin was published on 30 January 2014, covering all offenders who were recalled to custody since 1 January 1984 and who remained unlawfully at large as at 31 December 2013. Therefore, the total number who remained unlawfully at large as at 31 December 2013 includes some offenders who were recalled before 2001/02.<\/p>

<\/p>

In over 99 per cent of cases where an offender has been recalled, the individual has successfully been returned to custody. Where an offender has died we are unable to remove them from the list until we receive a death certificate.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

The data covering the years since 2001/02 are shown in the table below.<\/p>

<\/p>

Financial year<\/p><\/td>

Number of recalls<\/p><\/td>

Prisoners who remain unlawfully at large<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2001/02<\/p><\/td>

5,086<\/p><\/td>

29<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2002/03<\/p><\/td>

8,406<\/p><\/td>

29<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2003/04<\/p><\/td>

11,268<\/p><\/td>

55<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2004/05<\/p><\/td>

11,171<\/p><\/td>

30<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

11,450<\/p><\/td>

73<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

13,411<\/p><\/td>

60<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

13,252<\/p><\/td>

65<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

13,467<\/p><\/td>

76<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

15,004<\/p><\/td>

89<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

15,631<\/p><\/td>

79<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

16,591<\/p><\/td>

118<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

16,307<\/p><\/td>

127<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-September 2013<\/p><\/td>

8,847<\/p><\/td>

146<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Data on the number of releases on temporary release licence (ROTL) since 1995-6, and temporary release failures since 2004-5 are published in the NOMS Prison Performance Digest. This may be found at the following web address:<\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

The most recent data were published on 25 July 2013.<\/p>

<\/p>

Data on ROTL and recorded temporary release failures are shown in the table below.<\/p>

<\/p>

Financial year<\/p><\/td>

Release on temporary licence<\/p><\/td>

Recorded temporary release failures<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2001/02<\/p><\/td>

273,569<\/p><\/td>

293<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2002/03<\/p><\/td>

294,112<\/p><\/td>

312<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2003/04<\/p><\/td>

342,742<\/p><\/td>

395<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2004/05<\/p><\/td>

397,969<\/p><\/td>

366<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

407,199<\/p><\/td>

360<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

409,139<\/p><\/td>

306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

434,728<\/p><\/td>

248<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

431,351<\/p><\/td>

277<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

419,016<\/p><\/td>

274<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

431,178<\/p><\/td>

281<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

488,158<\/p><\/td>

404<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

518,862<\/p><\/td>

431<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Not all temporary release failures are recorded on central administrative systems. Those that are not recorded centrally are more likely to be low-level failures including, for example, returning with unauthorised possessions. These failures are managed locally. Where failures are recorded, the central administrative system only allows for one reason to be recorded; where it is a failure to return this takes priority.<\/p>

<\/p>

The number of prisoners unlawfully at large (UAL) having failed to return from release on temporary licence for each financial year since 2004/05 is shown in the table below.<\/p>

<\/p>

Financial year<\/p><\/td>

Number of prisoners who remain UAL following failure to return from ROTL<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2004/05<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

To provide the number of temporary release failures where the prisoner has failed to return and remains unlawfully at large prior to this date would require the manual interrogation of 1,000 temporary release records which could be done only at disproportionate cost.<\/p>

<\/p>

These figures have all been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

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I can confirm that Ministers have a total of 256.08 sq m of office space currently assigned to them.<\/p>

<\/p>

In total, there are 35staff working in ministerial offices, compared to 38 members of staff in 2009. This is as follows:<\/p>

<\/p>

Range B: 6<\/p>

Range C: 8<\/p>

Range D: 13<\/p>

Range E: 5<\/p>

Range E2: 2<\/p>

SCS: 1<\/p>

<\/p>

These figures are based on the latest data available for staffing numbers for HMT Treasury as of May 2014.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4117", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrea Leadsom"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Northamptonshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrea Leadsom"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-05-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1438", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Durham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Kevan Jones"} ], "uin" : "188327"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/38613", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/38613/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The following tables summarise the number of civilian Nuclear Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (NSQEP) posts and the number of NSQEP vacancies by location:

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On 6th February 2014 ETS were instructed to suspend all English language
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immigration applications made in the UK that are supported by an ETS test
certificate have been placed on hold. On 5th April the licence ETS held to
conduct English language testing for immigration purposes expired and it has
not been renewed. A criminal investigation, which began before the BBC Panorama
programme aired allegations with respect to ETS testing conducted in the UK,
remains ongoing.<\/p>

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On 6th February 2014 ETS were instructed to suspend all English language
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programme aired allegations with respect to ETS testing conducted in the UK,
remains ongoing.<\/p>

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<\/p>

I have set out below the number of criminal offences in England and Wales created by government departments. The numbers are collated by the Criminal Offences Gateway which scrutinises proposals on new and amended criminal offences for England and Wales.<\/p>

<\/p>

The numbers are based on offences put through the Criminal Offences Gateway during the period 1 June 2010 to 31 May 2013 (the latest available data).<\/p>

<\/p>

Further information can be found in the New Criminal Offences England and Wales https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-new-criminal-offences-statistics-in-england-and-wales-june-2009-may-2013<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

The numbers of new criminal offences, which include entirely new offences and existing offences which have been extended or amended in some way, are published annually by my department in the statistical bulletin New Criminal Offence<\/em>s. The new criminal offences enforce Government policy in a range of areas, including to contain the spread of serious animal diseases and to criminalise squatting in a residential building.<\/p>

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Period covered<\/p><\/td>

Number of legislative provisions (secondary & primary) containing new offences<\/p><\/td>

Total criminal offences created<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

1 June 2010 to 31 May 2011<\/p><\/td>

33<\/p><\/td>

174<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

1 June 2011 to 31 May 2012<\/p><\/td>

52<\/p><\/td>

292<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013<\/p><\/td>

60<\/p><\/td>

327<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

712 criminal offences were created during the period 1 June 2009 to May 2010 which was the 12 months immediately prior to the establishment of the Criminal Offences Gateway.<\/p>

<\/p>

New offences are needed for a number of reasons, for example, to update legislation that is now out of date, to underpin delivery of government priorities and to set out clearly what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. The Government committed to putting in place a mechanism, an additional layer of scrutiny, for proposals to create new offences. This is the first time a Government has done so and committed to doing so publicly. The Government has repealed 140 offences in the 12 months ending May 2013.<\/p>

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The information on the predicted effect on the number of prisoners for each relevant offence is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/194", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Simon Hughes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bermondsey and Old Southwark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Simon Hughes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-04-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-04-28T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new criminal offences have been created in each year since May 2010; and what the predicted effect was on the number of prisoners for each such offence.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1577", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sadiq Khan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Tooting"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sadiq Khan"} ], "uin" : "188279"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/38104", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/38104/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

<\/p>

This information is not held centrally and would only be available at
disproportionate cost.<\/p>

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Discussions with Milton Keynes Council and the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership are ongoing on both a City Deal and a Local Growth Deal.<\/p>

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