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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned unused discretionary housing payment to his Department in 2013-14.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100913/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <p /> <p>Five local authorities in Wales spent less than their 2013-14 Government contribution in Discretionary Housing Payments. These were:<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Local Authority Government Contribution Amount Unspent<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ceredigion<\/p><\/td><td><p>£324,933<\/p><\/td><td><p>£290<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Conwy<\/p><\/td><td><p>£267,700<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,498<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Gwynedd<\/p><\/td><td><p>£605,141<\/p><\/td><td><p>£20,072<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Newport<\/p><\/td><td><p>£343,870<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Pembrokeshire<\/p><\/td><td><p>£193,940<\/p><\/td><td><p>£4,176<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Details for all 240 local authorities in Great Britain which spent less than their 2013-14 Government contribution in DHP are provided in the attached annex.<\/p><p /> <p /> <p>For the remaining 140 local authorities across Great Britain, of which 17 were in Wales, DHP expenditure in 2013-14 either matched or exceeded the Government contribution.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of local housing allowance claimants receive discretionary housing payments; what proportion of such claimants on the shared accommodation rate receive discretionary housing payments; and how many such shared accommodation rate claimants who were (a) female, (b) male and (c) persons aged over 25 years receive discretionary housing payments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/91779/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <p>The start and end dates of a discretionary housing payment are decided by local authorities on a case by case basis. The Government has allocated extra funding in 2014/15 to give local authorities the confidence to make long-term awards in any cases where they consider this is appropriate.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/64288/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p /> <p>In 2013/14, a) 85 (out of 326) English authorities, b) 15 (out of 27) Welsh authorities and c) 27 (out of 32) Scottish authorities spent more than the contribution provided by DWP towards Discretionary Housing Payments.<\/p><p>Figures for 2014/15 will not be available until after 30 April 2015 \u2013 the deadline for local authority DHP returns for the year in question.<\/p>"}
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