Highways England is on schedule to open the M3 Smart Motorway between junctions 2 and 4a on 30 June 2017.<\/p>
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Alongside the delivery of this Smart Motorways scheme Highways England have also undertaken additional planned maintenance and renewal of a large amount of existing infrastructure reducing the need for further roadworks. This has included full low noise resurfacing of the carriageways. Highways England has delivered most of this work in parallel, there will be some remaining works which will need to take place beyond the 30 June 2017.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4336", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Callanan"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Callanan"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-06-27T11:06:43.053Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-06-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress of the roadworks on the M3 motorway between junctions 2 and 4a; and when they expect those works to be completed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1813", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Trefgarne"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Trefgarne"} ], "uin" : "HL1"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/730966", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/730966/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
DFID continues to provide funding to Enterprise St Helena (ESH), the island\u2019s economic development agency, to promote and assist further investment in accommodation and other tourism services. The St Helena Government is confident that once weekly flights begin there will be sufficient accommodation for the anticipated number of visitors. Also that once a regular commercial air service between St Helena and the mainland is established, there will be further private sector investment in this regard.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bates"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Bates"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-06-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-06-28T16:12:38.617Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-06-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the target set in the Sustainable Economic Development Plan 2012\u201313 to 2021\u201322 for St. Helena of 600 tourists per week, what steps they are taking to assist inward investment in the development of new hotel accommodation.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2227", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Stevens of Ludgate"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Stevens of Ludgate"} ], "uin" : "HL2"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/730968", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Northern Ireland Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/730968/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The administration of proxy voting is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland. All evidence received by the Chief Electoral Officer regarding possible electoral fraud is passed to the PSNI for investigation.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> The following table has been provided by the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland and contains the number of proxy vote applications in each constituency in Northern Ireland for the Parliamentary general elections in 2010, 2015 and 2017:<\/p> <\/p> Constituency <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Belfast East<\/p><\/td> 36<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td> 279<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Belfast North<\/p><\/td> 91<\/p><\/td> 177<\/p><\/td> 739<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Belfast South<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td> 114<\/p><\/td> 318<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Belfast West<\/p><\/td> 115<\/p><\/td> 168<\/p><\/td> 1026<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Antrim<\/p><\/td> 51<\/p><\/td> 137<\/p><\/td> 353<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Londonderry<\/p><\/td> 62<\/p><\/td> 143<\/p><\/td> 360<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Fermanagh & South Tyrone<\/p><\/td> 470<\/p><\/td> 1454<\/p><\/td> 1707<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Foyle<\/p><\/td> 159<\/p><\/td> 339<\/p><\/td> 1282<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lagan Valley<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td> 87<\/p><\/td> 230<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mid Ulster<\/p><\/td> 213<\/p><\/td> 488<\/p><\/td> 1127<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Newry & Armagh<\/p><\/td> 101<\/p><\/td> 870<\/p><\/td> 1304<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Antrim<\/p><\/td> 71<\/p><\/td> 224<\/p><\/td> 507<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Down<\/p><\/td> 63<\/p><\/td> 85<\/p><\/td> 193<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Antrim<\/p><\/td> 58<\/p><\/td> 106<\/p><\/td> 285<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Down<\/p><\/td> 130<\/p><\/td> 203<\/p><\/td> 564<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Strangford<\/p><\/td> 41<\/p><\/td> 73<\/p><\/td> 197<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Upper Bann<\/p><\/td> 65<\/p><\/td> 135<\/p><\/td> 322<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Tyrone<\/p><\/td> 289<\/p><\/td> 505<\/p><\/td> 914<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2109<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5432<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 11707<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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The UK has worked closely with the French Ministry of Interior, the regional Prefecture, the Ville de Calais, and port authorities to bolster physical security and upgrade screening technology at the juxtaposed ports in Calais, Dunkirk and at the Channel Tunnel. We have also increased joint intelligence work to tackle the trafficking and smuggling networks behind cross-Channel illegal migration, including enhanced police investigation cooperation at local and national level.<\/p>
On 24 October 2016, the British government announced a £36 million package of support to further enhance the security of the juxtaposed controls and reduce irregular migrant pressures in the Calais area and we are currently working to establish a Joint Operation Command and Coordination Centre (JOCCC) in Northern France to better support joint law enforcement initiatives, whilst looking at what more can be done jointly to tackle migration pressures upstream in source and transit countries.<\/p>"}
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<\/em><\/em>
Nobody should ever have to sleep rough. We have already allocated £30 million of funding specifically to support rough sleepers, including people at risk of sleeping rough, new rough sleepers and those with the most complex needs - our ambition is to halve rough sleeping by 2022, eliminating it by 2027.<\/p>"}
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