https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the £1.5 billion allocated for Equitable Life compensation, what proportion of that sum has been paid out; and what the reasons are for the amount that has not yet been paid out.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1110023/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "At Autumn Statement 2014 the government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98% of buyers who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. These changes benefit those who are moving up the housing ladder.<\/p>
<\/p>
However, the government\u2019s priority remains helping first time buyers because this group are particularly cash constrained. So far, over 240,000 people have benefited from the Stamp Duty relief announced for first time buyers at Autumn Budget 2017.<\/p>
<\/p>
In all, the government are providing at least £44 billion in financial support for housing over a five-year period to help improve affordability and support homeownership.<\/p>"}
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, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4498", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena"}
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I have regular discussions with the Scottish Government on issues of importance for Scotland\u2019s economy, including tax.<\/p>
The UK Government has delivered on its promise to devolve additional tax powers. Once the Scotland Act 2016 is fully implemented, more than 50% of the Scottish Government\u2019s funding will come from revenues raised in Scotland, giving the Scottish Government greater power to decide the levels of tax and spend in Scotland.<\/p>"}
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We are clear that robust and consistent sentences for knife crime are an important part of the effort needed to reduce these crimes. Right across Government we are very clear that we must continue to give judges the powers they need to impose tough sentences on those involved in serious violence including knife crime. While individual sentencing decisions are a matter for the courts, we are catching and prosecuting more people who carry a knife, and those who are convicted are now more likely to go to prison, and for longer. Through the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, the Government introduced the sentencing provision that anyone caught in possession of a knife for a second time will now face a mandatory minimum custodial sentence of at least six months for adults and a detention and training order of at least four months for those aged 16 and 17 years old. This came into force on 17 July 2015.<\/p>
We know that this can only ever be part of the response, and that tackling knife crime requires action on many fronts. This is reflected in the Government\u2019s Serious Violence Strategy which sets out our response to serious violence and outlines an ambitious programme involving 61 commitments and actions. Since launching the Strategy in April last year, we have made significant progress in delivering on our key commitments including:<\/p>
\u2022 The Early Intervention Youth Fund of £22m, which is already supporting
29 projects in England and Wales;
\u2022 Provision of £3.6m for a new National County Lines Co-ordination
Centre. The centre was established to tackle violent and exploitative
criminal activity associated with county lines and became fully
operational in September 2018;
\u2022 The National County Lines Coordination Centre has co-ordinated two
separate weeks of intensive law enforcement action resulting in more
than 1000 arrests, over 1300 individuals engaged for safeguarding,
and significant seizures of weapons and drugs;
\u2022 An anti-knife crime Community Fund which provided £1.5 million in
2018/19 to support 68 projects;
\u2022 The Offensive Weapons Bill to strengthen legislation on firearms,
knives and corrosive substances; and
\u2022 A national knife crime media campaign - #knifefree - to raise
awareness of the consequences of knife crime.<\/p>
On 2 October 2018 the Home Secretary announced further measures to address violent crime, as follows:<\/p>
\u2022 a consultation on new legal duty to underpin a \u2018public health\u2019 approach to tackling serious violence- this would mean police officers, educa-tion partners, local authority and health care professionals will have a new legal duty to take action and prevent violent crime.<\/p>
\u2022 a new £200 million youth endowment fund- this will be delivered over 10 years and will support interventions with children and young people at risk of involvement in crime and violence. It will focus on those most at risk, such as those displaying signs such as truancy, aggres-sion and involvement in anti-social behaviour; funding interventions to steer children and young people away from becoming serious offend-ers; and<\/p>
\u2022 an Independent Review of Drug Misuse. On 8 February, we
appointed Dame Carol Black to lead a major review that will look into
the ways in which drugs are fuelling serious violence. The approach
establishes a new balance between prevention and the rigorous law
enforcement activity. It will shift our approach towards steering young
people away from crime in the first place and put in place measures
to tackle the root causes. We believe that the approach set out in the
Strategy, with a greater emphasis on early intervention, will address
violent crime and help young people to develop the skills and
resilience to live happy and productive lives away from violence but
we cannot deliver this alone.<\/p>
On 13 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Spring Statement that there will be £100 million additional funding in 2019/20 to tackle serious violence, including £80m of new funding from the Treasury. This will allow police to swiftly crack-down on knife crime on the areas of the country and also allow investment in Violence Reduction Units.<\/p>"}
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Defra and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government worked closely during the revision of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) last year. The NPPF places a strong emphasis on making effective use of land, with authorities expected to make as much use as possible of suitable brownfield sites before considering development on green fields.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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