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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3953", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jason McCartney"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jason McCartney"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Edward Vaizey"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what oversight he has of the allocation of the Arts Council England's funding to other organisations.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3953", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jason McCartney"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colne Valley"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jason McCartney"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3953", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jason McCartney"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jason McCartney"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/92449", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/92449/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government\u2019s view is that Clause 10 (previously Clause 8) of the Deregulation Bill is a common-sense measure with adequate safeguards. However, after listening to concerns about this proposal during the passage of the Bill, the Government has concluded that a better course of action would be for this measure to be considered as part of the package of measures recommended by the Law Commission to reform taxi and private hire vehicle licensing which the Government is considering.<\/p><p>The Government will withdraw clause 10 from the Bill when clauses 10-12 are debated at Lords Committee Stage on 21 October.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/247", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the safety of passengers in taxis and private hire vehicles of implementation of the provision in Clause 8 of the Deregulation Bill currently before Parliament that unlicensed drivers will be able to drive a licensed vehicle when it is not being used for work purposes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3953", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jason McCartney"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jason McCartney"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1578", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Clark"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3953", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jason McCartney"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Shailesh Vara"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many companies have been closed down by the Claims Management Regulator as a result of persistent nuisance calls to date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3953", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jason McCartney"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colne Valley"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jason McCartney"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62862", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62862/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Office of Communications (Ofcom) have issued monetary penalties totalling more than £1.9 million since January 2012 for nuisance calls, however no company has been issued with a monetary penalty more than once by either ICO or Ofcom for making nuisance calls.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Edward Vaizey"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3953", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jason McCartney"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62863/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The number of monetary penalties issued for making nuisance calls by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Office of Communications (Ofcom) in each of the last three years is set out in the table below. Also, both the ICO and Ofcom take informal enforcement action to ensure that companies about whom they have concerns are brought into compliance more quickly. From January 2013 - June 2014, ICO engaged with over 20 organisations, which were responsible for making nuisance calls and as a result recorded substantial reductions in complaints for five of these organisations. Ofcom's informal action against 25 organisations making silent and abandoned phone calls has resulted in complaints linked to the telephone numbers used by 22 of those organisations stopping or reducing significantly, while three cases are ongoing. The power to issue monetary penalties of £500,000 for ICO came into force in January 2012, whilst Ofcom's power to issue a monetary penalty of £2 million became effective in October 2010.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>ICO*<\/p><\/td><td><p>-<\/p><\/td><td><p>1<\/p><\/td><td><p>3<\/p><\/td><td><p>£360,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Ofcom<\/p><\/td><td><p>-<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>1<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,560,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>*ICO has also issued monetary penalties to two companies for SMS spam text messages in 2012 and 2013<\/p>"}
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