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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/801002", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/801002/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is providing local highway authorities in England outside London with £296 million between 2016 and 2021 from the Pothole Action Fund. This includes an extra £46 million announced in the Autumn Budget 2017.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>St Helens Council is a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. Highway Maintenance funding, including the Pothole Action Fund, is now paid directly to the Combined Authority, which is responsible for allocating funding to its constituent members.<\/p><p><br>Funding from the Pothole Action Fund for 2016/17 was paid directly to St Helens Council, and totalled £143,000. In 2017/18 the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority received £1,335,000.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"}
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