https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85d1b730-5e4e-4be8-ae4c-3ac1f359afc7<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence given by Philip Cassidy to the Work and Pensions Committee on 13 October 2016, Question 30, what criteria HM Revenue and Customs applied in selecting the 1.5 million high-risk working tax credit claimant records provided to Concentrix in April 2016; for what reasons Concentrix decided not to investigate a proportion of those cases; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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On 18 October, the Government announced plans to extend mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) to strengthen councils to tackle problems homes head-on and bring an end to ruthless landlords who exploit tenants and charge them extortionate rents to live in poor conditions. These measures will ensure mandatory licensing rules apply to HMOs with five or more people, and to flats above and below shops. Minimum room sizes will also apply to HMOs to help to clamp down on rogue landlords cramming tenants into unsafe and overcrowded homes.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Landlord Licensing Scheme introduced by the London Borough of Newham; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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Parliamentary question 48230 was answered on 11 November 2016.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to Answer named day Question 48230, tabled on 12 October 2016, by the right hon. Member for East Ham on Questions 43736, 43737 and 43738, tabled on 20 July 2016 by the right hon. Member for East Ham on the Bright Tribe Multi-Academy Trust.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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Teach First have advised that the following numbers of participants started the Leadership Development Programme in schools in England since 2010:<\/p>