In 2012, following the \u201cGetting It Right for Victims and Witnesses\u201d consultation, the Coalition government revised the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme so that awards are made only to victims who suffer serious physical or mental injury as the direct result of deliberate violent crime.<\/p>
<\/p>
We remain satisfied that the Scheme is appropriately directed at compensating eligible victims of crimes of violence and that provisions within the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 are adequate to tackle the issue of dangerous dogs.<\/p>
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This information is not available.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
Information about the number of benefitting families and average entitlement in the St Helens North constituency in the tax year 2013-14 can be found in the publication \u2018Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics \u2013 geographical statistics 2013-2014\u2019 here:<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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}
], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of households in St Helens North constituency affected by the changes to tax credits proposed in the Summer Budget 2015; and what his estimate is of the effect on each such household of those changes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388733", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388733/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/strong><\/p> Employment and Support Allowance claimants are usually paid the assessment rate of the benefit while waiting for their assessment. Where appropriate, arrears of Employment and Support allowance will be automatically backdated.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"}
}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of delays in employment and support allowance assessments on people who lose their income based benefit waiting for that assessment.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"}
], "uin" : "6108"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388175", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Energy and Climate Change"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388175/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " DECC domestic energy bill estimates are only produced at Public Energy Supply (PES) regional level, we do not have bill data for constituency level. The St Helens North constituency covers two PES regions, North West and Merseyside & North Wales.<\/p> The tables below shows the estimated average annual 2014 energy bill (2015 data is not yet available) for customers in the UK, and the two relevant PES region.<\/p> These are based on an assumed annual consumption of 3,800 kWh of electricity and 15,000 kWh of gas per year.<\/p> <\/p> 2014<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td> Electricity<\/em><\/p><\/td> Gas<\/em><\/p><\/td> Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> UK<\/p><\/td> £592<\/p><\/td> £752<\/p><\/td> £1,344<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West<\/p><\/td> £596<\/p><\/td> £748<\/p><\/td> £1,344<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside and North Wales<\/p><\/td> £634<\/p><\/td> £755<\/p><\/td> £1,389<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td> Electricity<\/em><\/p><\/td> Gas<\/em><\/p><\/td> Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> UK<\/p><\/td> £474<\/p><\/td> £564<\/p><\/td> £1,038<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West<\/p><\/td> £451<\/p><\/td> £567<\/p><\/td> £1,018<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside and North Wales<\/p><\/td> £489<\/p><\/td> £567<\/p><\/td> £1,056<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4117", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrea Leadsom"}
}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the average domestic energy bill in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in 2010 and 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "St Helens North"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"}
], "uin" : "5953"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388179", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Energy and Climate Change"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388179/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We will consider the CMA\u2019s provisional findings carefully and respond shortly.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4117", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrea Leadsom"}
}
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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 Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Competition and Markets Authority's provisional findings on the energy market, published on 6 July 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"}
], "uin" : "5908"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388368", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388368/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Official statistics for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) processing times are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"}
}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Employment and Support Allowance"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "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 the average waiting time for an Employment and Support Allowance assessment has been in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK since the instigation of those assessments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"}
], "uin" : "5981"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385931", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385931/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this data by constituency.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> HMRC handles around 50 million telephone calls annually and regularly publishes general performance reports on GOV.UK.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1529", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Gauke"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Hertfordshire"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Gauke"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-01T11:22:05.607Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "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, how many telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs from residents and businesses in St Helens North constituency were unanswered in 2014-15.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"}
], "uin" : "4440"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385947", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385947/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " In the 2015-16 financial year, the schools block unit of funding (SBUF), which covers pupils from reception to year 11, is £4,456 for St Helens, £4,565 for the North West region, and £4,612 for England. The SBUF does not cover funding for early years or high needs pupils.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Information on SBUFs for all LAs and regions for financial year 2015 to 2016 can be found at this link:<\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3980", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah"}
}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding is received per pupil in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385971", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385971/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> In 2012, the Department estimated that approximately 15 million people in England are living with a long term condition.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Some information on long term conditions can be provided at a local and national level through interrogation of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data. However conditions would need to be specified to enable these data to be extracted. Both QOF and HES data can be found on the Health and Social Care Information website at the following links:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>