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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funds distributed by the Technology Strategy Board were allocated to the video games sector in each of the last three years; and what proportion of the total funding from that Board this represented in each such year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4036", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Luciana Berger"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Luciana Berger"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100103", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100103/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>£7.5m was spent by HM Revenue and Customs on the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage in 2013/14.<\/p><p>We have increased the budget allocation for National Minimum Wage enforcement in 2014/15 to £9.2m. This extra funding will enable HMRC to increase the number of compliance officers working in this area who, as well as continuing to respond to every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline, will also undertake targeted enforcement, focusing on the worst offending employers in the highest-risk sectors.<\/p><p>Anyone who believes they are entitled to the National Minimum Wage and has not received it should contact this free and confidential helpline on 0800 917 2368.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4035", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Rotheram"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100118/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In 2010/11 Government funding for VisitBritain and VisitEngland was £40.323 million. In 2014/15 Government funding was £51.984 million. The table contains a breakdown of the funding:<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>VisitBritain GIA (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>VisitBritain GREAT Funding (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>VisitEngland GIA (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>VisitEngland GREAT Funding (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>VisitEngland Regional Growth Fund via BIS (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010/11<\/p><\/td><td><p>40.323*<\/p><\/td><td><p>-<\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>40.323<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014/15<\/p><\/td><td><p>19.883<\/p><\/td><td><p>17<\/p><\/td><td><p>6.364<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>6.737<\/p><\/td><td><p>51.984<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>*grant-in-aid for both bodies was recorded on a consolidated basis before 2011/12.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mrs Helen Grant"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "VisitBritain and VisitEngland"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the core funding for VisitBritain and VisitEngland was in 2010 and is now.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/150", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100120/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Since 2010, domestic tourism spend in England has grown by 14.1% - from £56.7bn* to £64.7bn in 2013. Domestic tourism spend in 2012 was a record-breaking £67,956m. We will not have a final figure for 2014 until next year. Overall, Deloitte estimated that the tourism industry was worth £127 billion GVA to the UK economy in 2013, £58 billion of which is \u2018direct\u2019 contribution.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><em>Source: <\/em><a href=\"http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/overnightvisitors/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/overnightvisitors/<\/em><\/a><em> ; <\/em><a href=\"http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/dayvisitors/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/dayvisitors/<\/em><\/a><\/p><p>*this is based on an estimate as there was no day visit survey in 2010<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/150", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Harriet Harman"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100121", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100121/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>All DCMS Ministers\u2019 external meetings are published quarterly on the following website:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/313639/Transparency_Declarations_Oct-Dec_2013_csv.csv/preview<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/150", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Harriet Harman"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100122", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100122/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Revenue and capital tourism expenditure by English Local Authorities is available on the Department for Communities and Local Government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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