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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127667/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy administers the warm home discount scheme which provides assistance to around 2 million low income and vulnerable households (including 1.21m pensioners) with their energy costs. Further details can be found at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme<\/a><\/p><p /><p>In 2018/19 the DWP is estimated to have spent £122bn on pensioner benefits which included £2bn on winter fuel payments to 12 million pensioners, the majority of whom received their payment before Christmas 2018.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In addition, the DWP also administers the cold weather payment scheme. For the period from the 1 November 2018 to the 31 March 2019, we estimate 438,000 payments were made to Pension Credit customers. Further details about the cold weather payment scheme can be found at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>The DWP does not hold the specific information requested.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Pensioners: Fuel Poverty"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of pensioners who forewent heating as a result of a lack of funds in the last four months of 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127669", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union "}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127669/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>No members of the Department for Exiting the European Union have met with representatives of the Spanish political party Vox on DExEU business or in a Ministerial capacity. During his time as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the Honourable Member for Daventry met with representatives of Vox in a political capacity. DExEU was not involved in the meeting.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Robin Walker"}
        }
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Vox"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
      ], "uin" : "256411"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127670", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127670/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Although all of our products are fully traceable to source, the House Service does not record or hold the information in respect of sourcing from one particular country or region. This information is held by the relevant suppliers. Whilst suppliers are able to provide full traceability on any given product, for logistical reasons they would not be able to provide information to the level of detail requested because where our products are sourced may change from time to time.<\/p><p>The vast majority of fresh products, such as meat, poultry, dairy, eggs, bread, ice cream, and most fruit and vegetables when in season are sourced from within the UK. This is possible because, in the first instance, we demand that UK or equivalent standards of welfare and production must be met as this is a consideration of ethics and quality rather than origin.<\/p><p>The House Service sources products that are produced to higher environmental standards where possible.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of food stuffs sourced for food outlets on the Parliamentary estate were produced in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127671", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127671/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In the 2018 calendar year, a total of 20,862 applications for legal aid did not proceed to be granted, for any reason. This represents 4.8% of the total applications made during this period.<\/p><p>These figures cover applications for legal representation at either the Magistrates or Crown Court, or for a civil legal aid certificate.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3926", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Maynard"}
        }
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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 Justice, how many and what proportion of applicants were refused legal aid in 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
      ], "uin" : "256413"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127672", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127672/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Royal Mail is required to publish quarterly Quality of Service reports, against delivery targets set and reviewed by the postal industry regulator Ofcom. These can be found on Royal Mail\u2019s website.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"}
        }
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Royal Mail: Standards"}
      , "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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Department has made of the performance of Royal Mail in relation to the (a) number of deliveries, (b) number of failed deliveries and (c) number of deliveries taking more than four weeks in the latest period for which information is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
      ], "uin" : "256414"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127134", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127134/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department provides services to around 22 million people and, as with other government departments, it has a responsibility to communicate policy and essential information to customers and other key audiences.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The \u2018Opening Up Work\u2019 campaign aims to increase understanding of how Universal Credit removes barriers to work and career progression, and to ensure people can access information to help people make a claim. The Department has dedicated funds to this campaign to make sure claimants know how to access the support that they need.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Advertising spend to date from 2016-17 onwards on the Universal Credit Opening Up Work campaign is around £6.3 million.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on promoting and advertising universal credit since it was introduced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127135", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127135/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>There have been eight recorded stone falls at the Palace of Westminster over the last 12 months. No injuries were sustained.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions falling debris has been recorded at the Palace of Westminster in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
      ], "uin" : "255343"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127136/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As independent and autonomous institutions, higher education (HE) providers are responsible for decisions regarding the contracts they offer to academics. Like all employers, HE providers have a duty of care to their staff. The department expects them to take this very seriously.<\/p><p>I gave a speech on 7 May that focused on early career researcher contracts. I am keen that early career academics do not get lost from policy debates \u2013 particularly around key issues like mental health and wellbeing. I am looking forward to the upcoming publication of the revised Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, and I am serious about taking this forward. The full text of this speech can be found here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/reaching-24-securing-the-research-talent-of-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/reaching-24-securing-the-research-talent-of-tomorrow<\/a>.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4021", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Skidmore"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Teachers: Health"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of short-term contracts for academics on the health and wellbeing of those staff.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
      ], "uin" : "255344"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127137", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127137/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office does not hold this information. Decisions about the provision of police station custody suites are an operational matter for Chief Constables working with democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1561", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Nick Hurd"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody suites there were in England and Wales in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1126912", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1126912/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Before the matter was debated in the passage of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 the government did the 2011 Universal Credit Equality Impact Assessment then there has been ongoing equality analysis of the mixed age couple change. <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-equality-impact-assessment\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-equality-impact-assessment<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>On 28 February 2019, the DWP published a research and analysis paper relating to mixed age couples estimated to be affected by the change in policy: <a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mixed-age-couples-benefit-impacts-of-ending-access-to-pension-credit-and-pension-age-housing-benefit\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/publications/mixed-age-couples-benefit-impacts-of-ending-access-to-pension-credit-and-pension-age-housing-benefit<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>It shows that the vast majority of mixed age couples comprised a male and female partner. There is no indication that the change will have a disproportionate impact on the basis of sex.<\/p>"}
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