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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made to the Government Funeral Payment scheme since May 2010; and how many such applications have been rejected.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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