The Government has no plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.<\/p>
The Government has extended the electoral timetable for UK Parliamentary elections from 17 to 25 working days which will allow postal votes to be issued sooner and facilitate postal voting being viable for electors who are living overseas, including members of the armed forces.<\/p>
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The integrity of our elections is central to our democracy. The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration will make the electoral register more accurate and secure.<\/p>
The Government will carefully consider any findings by the Electoral Commission in relation to the elections held on 22 May 2014 to determine whether any further measures may be needed to support electoral integrity.<\/p>
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<\/p>
The Illegal Money Lending Teams in England, Scotland and Wales receive intelligence via the helpline and also through via the \u201creport a loan shark\u201d web page on www.gov.uk<\/a>, text messages, other electronic media and referrals from enforcement and debt advice agencies.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Below is a breakdown of the number of calls received over the last four years and also the number of total pieces of intelligence received via all communications channels.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>
| <\/td> | Telephone calls<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total Intelligence Received<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> England<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Scotland<\/strong><\/p><\/td> England<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Scotland<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 370<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 592<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td> 65<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 323<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 657<\/p><\/td> 32<\/p><\/td> 117<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 214<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 460<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td> 96<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Breakdown of number of calls received unavailable<\/p><\/td> 2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 299<\/p><\/td> 48<\/p><\/td> 28<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Trading Standards is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and so it is not possible to provide comparable data for there.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many telephone calls the Illegal Money Lending Unit helpline received from (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62558/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> Final Approved answer to 13371<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Illegal Money Lending Teams conduct complex and sensitive investigations. The length of each investigation will be influenced by the circumstances of the specific case. In some instances convictions can only be delivered through months of proactive intelligence gathering and community engagement. Because of this, some cases span across multiple years and so there is not necessarily a direct link between the numbers of actionable reports and the numbers of convictions in any one year.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Below is a breakdown of the number of operations, arrests and prosecutions completed by the Illegal Money Lending Teams in England, Scotland and Wales in each of the last four years and the number of custodial sentences handed down by the courts.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Operations<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Arrests / Detainments<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Prosecutions<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Custodials<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> England<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Scotland<\/strong><\/p><\/td> England<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Scotland<\/strong><\/p><\/td> England<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Scotland<\/strong><\/p><\/td> England<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Scotland<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 74<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td> 107<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 55<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 73<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 92<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 34<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 57<\/p><\/td> 37<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td> 62<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11*<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 288<\/p><\/td> 46<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 104<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 32<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 26<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> * The England Illegal Money Lending Team was restructured in April 2011- 9 England regional teams were merged into a single National team covering the whole of England.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 678W, on money lenders, how many actionable reports led to a conviction in each of the last four years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62570/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> The National Minimum Wage enforcement budgets for 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 in principal were set out in Parliamentary Question 174284 on 7 November 2013, Official Report 7 Nov 2013, Col 351W.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The 2014/15 budget was reviewed at the start of the financial year and will be considered again at mid-year and may be subject to change.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for enforcement of the National Minimum Wage was in 2013-14; and what that budget will be in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62574/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government publishes quarterly official statistics relating to the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme. The first of these were published on 29 May 2014.<\/p> <\/p> This report, along with accompanying tables, can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014<\/a><\/p> <\/p> The Government has also recently published statistics on the completions supported by the Help to Buy: equity loan scheme. Full statistics covering the period April 2013 to March 2014 have been published as well as the number of completions, by local authority, to April 2014:<\/p> <\/p> www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-and-help-to-buy-newbuy-statistics-april-2013-to-march-2014<\/a><\/p> <\/p> |