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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176719/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government charged the UK banking industry with delivering a new Current Account Switch Service to make it simpler, safer, and faster to switch current account providers. The new service launched in September 2013, and so far has had a positive impact with switching levels increasing by 22 per cent in its first year, compared to the previous year.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Payments Council publish a \u201cswitching dashboard\u201d quarterly, which is available on their website and includes information on awareness, confidence, service performance, and switching levels.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of (a) levels of bank account switching by customers, (b) trends in bank account switching in the last three years, (c) the average time it takes for customers to switch banks and (d) the process for switching banks and customers' perceptions of the ease or difficulty of so doing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4007", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dominic Raab"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176736/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p>This information is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. We have a record of the total funding allocated to the local authority, but how the local authority has spent the money would need to be provided by that local authority.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received access grants from the Local Welfare Assistance fund in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 in Birmingham.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/301", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burden"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176743", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176743/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Connecting Cumbria has not yet begun the contracting process for a phase 2 superfast broadband project. The government expects the contracting to be complete by June 2015. The coverage and timescale for delivery from this contract will be dependent on the outcome of the procurement process.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects Phase 2 of Connecting Cumbria to be complete; and what estimate he has made of how many premises in Copeland will receive high speed broadband in that phase.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1503", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176750", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176750/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Education has undertaken a review of its policy on asbestos in schools, which will be published shortly.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The advice for schools on effective asbestos management is based on guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE recommend that, if asbestos is undamaged and unlikely to be disturbed, then it is usually safer to leave it in place and to manage it as required by the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. If asbestos is found to be in an unsealed, damaged or poor condition, then it should be repaired, sealed, enclosed or removed by trained personnel.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will issue guidance on removing asbestos insulating board which is vulnerable to disturbance or damage from children.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176752", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176752/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Education has undertaken a review of guidance relating to asbestos in schools as part of a wider review of asbestos management in schools, the results of which will be published shortly.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department last reviewed its guidance on assessing the risks from asbestos insulating board accessible to children in schools.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176755", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176755/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Education is not aware of data on the number of former pupils who may be diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure at school.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Laws"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of former pupils who will be diagnosed with mesothelioma from asbestos exposure at school during the 1960s and 1970s.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"}
      ], "uin" : "222728"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176756", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176756/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for policy on the regulation of asbestos, and provides guidance on effective asbestos management.[1]<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department for Education has undertaken a review of its policy on asbestos management in schools and will publish the results shortly.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>[1] <a href=\"http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/detail.htm\" target=\"_blank\">www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/detail.htm<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Schools: Asbestos"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will adopt and implement environmental asbestos fibre board for schools.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total area of (a) England and (b) Wales covered by groundwater protection zones (i) 1, (ii) 2 and (iii) 3.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4047", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Greatrex"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176768", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176768/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We have chosen to exempt small and medium businesses (with fewer than 250 employees) from the plastic bag charge to avoid placing an administrative burden on start-up and growing businesses at a time when we are supporting growth in the economy.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Large companies make up the major proportion of the country\u2019s retail market. For example, the relatively small number of retail companies in the UK with more than 500 employees employ 65% of people working in retail and have 69% of annual retail business turnover.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>We have no plans to remove the exemption for small and medium businesses, although those businesses are able to charge on a voluntary basis.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1504", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dan Rogerson"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Plastic Bags"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons small and medium-sized enterprises are exempted from the provisions of the draft B Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015; and if she will bring forward a revised draft Order omitting that exemption.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4101", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Gilbert"}
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