2015/2016 to date<\/p><\/td> | £0.07m<\/p><\/td> | £0.53m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on using debt collection agencies in each of the last seven years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with how many debt collection agencies his Department has a contract.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department regulates the activities of debt collection agencies during the period that they are under contract with his Department.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The information requested about the proportion of such assessments having complied with the maximum time in the last 12 months is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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Alternatively, the option of a face-to-face consultation in the claimant\u2019s home is available if the claimant indicates that they are unfit to travel to a consultation or where travel would require high levels of support.<\/p>
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Alternatively, the option of a face-to-face consultation in the claimant\u2019s home is available if the claimant indicates that they are unfit to travel to a consultation or where travel would require high levels of support.<\/p>
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