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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to reply to the letter dated 25 November 2014, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms C Gazelet, forwarded from the Department for Work and Pensions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172866", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with businesses on the effects on vehicle leasing companies of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/12", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172868", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172868/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The document in question was a Conservative party publication and no civil servants were involved in its drafting. Among other sources, the document quotes official Opposition Costings carried out by Government officials and published separately on the Treasury website. The formal costing of Opposition policies is a longstanding practice, which has been carried out under successive administrations, in line with the Civil Service Code and clear Treasury guidance<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"}
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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, whether any resources or staff of his Department were used in the drafting of or analysis for the document A Cost Analysis of Labour Party Policy, published by the Conservative Party on 5 January 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/545", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Flynn"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paul Flynn"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172869", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172869/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It would incur disproportionate costs to calculate the total administrative cost of the payments. PCS contribute the annual payment cost.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 203110, what the total cost of administering his Department's employee check-off service is; and which organisations contribute financially towards that service.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Nicholas Brown"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172873", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172873/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A recovery entails a planning appeal decision being made directly by Planning Ministers, rather than planning inspectors on behalf of the Secretary of State.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>15 appeals were recovered in 2010, 20 in 2011, 55 in 2012, 45 in 2013 and 23 in 2014.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>As outlined in previous Written Ministerial Statements, the recovery criteria was intentionally changed to consider recovering more appeals, following changes made to planning policy and guidance to increase protection of the Green Belt.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Planning Permission: Appeals"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals relating to development on green belt land have been recovered for a decision by the Secretary of State in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1501", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172874", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172874/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A planning recovery entails the appeal being decided by Ministers directly, rather than the Planning Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State. A list is attached.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>As I noted in my answer of 16 January 2015, PQ UIN 220298, in 2013-14, just 0.9% of planning and enforcement appeals were decided by Ministers.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Brandon Lewis"}
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          , "title" : "List of Local Authorities - Planning Appeals "}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Planning Permission: Appeals"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1501", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Roberta Blackman-Woods"}
      ], "uin" : "220269"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172875", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172875/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A planning recovery entails the appeal being decided by Ministers directly, rather than the Planning Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>13 traveller site appeals were recovered in 2010, 11 in 2011, 53 in 2012, 36 in 2013 and 15 in 2014.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>As outlined in previous Written Ministerial Statements, in recent years, the recovery criteria has been intentionally changed to consider recovering more appeals in specific areas, including those relating to traveller sites in the Green Belt.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Overall, in 2013-14, 0.9% of planning and enforcement appeals were decided by Ministers.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Brandon Lewis"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Travellers: Caravan Sites"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals related to Gypsy and Traveller sites were recovered for a decision by the Secretary of State in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1501", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Roberta Blackman-Woods"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172876/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A planning recovery entails the appeal being decided by Ministers directly, rather than the Planning Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State.<\/p><p>As I noted in my previous answer, in 2013-14, just 0.9% of planning and enforcement appeals were decided by Ministers.<\/p><p>To assist scrutiny, the table below lists the number of recoveries from the last ten years.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Date of recovery<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong><em>Appeals recovered<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2005<\/p><\/td><td><p>228<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2006<\/p><\/td><td><p>166<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007<\/p><\/td><td><p>123<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008<\/p><\/td><td><p>97<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>48<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>74<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>84<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>132<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>137<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>82<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>As outlined in previous Written Ministerial Statements, in recent years, the recovery criteria were intentionally changed to consider recovering more appeals in specific areas.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals were recovered from local authorities in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1501", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "City of Durham"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Roberta Blackman-Woods"}
      ], "uin" : "220270"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172877", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172877/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A recovery entails a planning appeal decision being made directly by Planning Ministers, rather than planning inspectors on behalf of the Secretary of State.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Four appeals were recovered in 2010, five in 2011, 19 in 2012, 23 in 2013 and 11 in 2014.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>As outlined in previous Written Ministerial Statements, the recovery criteria was intentionally changed to consider recovering more appeals, following changes made to planning guidance to strengthen the protection of landscape and heritage assets.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4043", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kris Hopkins"}
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        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Keighley"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kris Hopkins"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Wind Power: Planning Permission"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals related to wind energy projects were recovered for a decision by the Secretary of State in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1501", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Roberta Blackman-Woods"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172878/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>To assist the hon. Member, the attached table shows the figures for recovered appeals for the last ten years.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>To place these figures in context, in 2013-14, 15,982 planning and enforcement appeals were decided by planning inspectors, whilst just 149 appeals (0.9%) were decided by Ministers.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Where an appeal is dismissed, the application is refused in line with the original decision by the local authority to reject the planning application (non-determination appeals excepted).<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The number of recovered appeals has increased in the last year in light of the intentionally revised recovery criteria (as explained to Parliament in previous Written Ministerial Statements) to consider recovering more appeals in relation to traveller sites in the Green Belt, and on renewable energy.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>All decisions are made with due process, based on the material considerations of the case.<\/p>"}
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