The Government\u2019s pay policy has always been designed to strike the right balance between being fair to our public servants and being fair to all those, including public sector workers themselves, whose taxes pay for them. That approach has not changed. We continually assess that careful balance.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Elizabeth Truss"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-09-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-09-11T12:56:20.013Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Public Sector: Pay"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove the pay cap for public sector workers and ensure that the Barnett formula for the devolved institutions is reflected in that decision.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1409", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Londonderry"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gregory Campbell"} ], "uin" : "9255"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758097", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758097/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Details of each local authority\u2019s Discretionary Housing Payment funding and expenditure are published for each financial year and can be found on the GOV.UK website at:<\/p>
<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority was allocated in Discretionary Housing Payment funding in each of the last three years; and how much each authority has spent from that funding in each such year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758098", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Discretionary Housing Payments are being spent for the intended purpose by local authorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758105", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758105/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Discretionary Housing Payments are specifically used for the purpose of helping individuals with their housing costs provided they are in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the housing costs element of Universal Credit.<\/p> <\/p> These payments are very flexible and can be considered where, in the local authority\u2019s opinion, further financial assistance towards housing costs is required. Local Authorities are able to set their own policy, criteria and application process with payments being made entirely at their discretion.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who want to access Discretionary Housing Payments are not blocked by overly strict criteria set by local authorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758142", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758142/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The national rollout of 30 hours free childcare marks the delivery of a manifesto commitment that will help hundreds of thousands of hard working families. The childcare service online application has been working well for the vast majority of parents and over 216,384 valid 30 hours codes have been generated by successful applications, reaching our target for 1st September. As of 6th September, 152,829 eligibility codes for 30 hours free childcare have been validated. These are eligibility codes that were issued by 31st August and validated by 5th September for children aged three by 31st August 2017.<\/p> <\/p> It is the responsibility of local authorities to assess supply and demand of free entitlement places at a local level.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people and what proportion of eligible families in each local authority area registered for the 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year olds by 1 September 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758143/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 30 hours free childcare is delivered by providers who are registered with Ofsted. Ofsted publishes a regular series of statistics relating to registration on its website. The latest information on registered providers was published on 14 June - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics.<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Since 30 hours has only just been introduced nationally, we do not know how many providers intend to deliver the entitlement at this stage. However, our evaluation of the early rollout of 30 hours in four local authorities indicated that over 80% of providers delivering the free entitlement were willing and able to deliver the extended hours -<\/p>