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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/577427", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/577427/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) provides an electronic copy of the Police National Computer (PNC) details for defendants to the court and defence as part of their initial disclosure of the prosecution case. Any subsequent updated versions of the defendant\u2019s PNC received during the course of the case are provided to the CPS by the police, either at their instigation or at the request of the CPS, for use at court.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/577430/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government holds figures for the number of applications to register, but not for the number of additions or deletions from each local register resulting from such applications. This data is only held by Electoral Registration Officers.<\/p><p>Since 23 June 2016, 783,834 applications to register have been made. Of these, 642,701 applications were made online, through the Government\u2019s Register to Vote (RTV) website. The remainder - 127,232 applications - were submitted on paper.<\/p><p>A breakdown of these applications by type (e.g. home movers, name changes, corrections or first-time applications) is not possible. It can be assumed that the vast majority of these applications relate to general churn in the system, with the annual canvass now well underway.\u201d<\/p><p>These figures will include re-registrations from people moving house, as part of the normal churn of electoral registration over time.<\/p>"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/577434", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/577434/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Detailed work is underway to establish the budget required to fulfil the department\u2019s set-up and responsibilities. The budget of the Department will be set out to the House and approved as part of the supplementary estimates in the new year, as is standard practice.<\/p><p>The new Department for Exiting the European Union is appropriately resourced for its work.<\/p>"}
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