The information requested is not recorded centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> The guidance for both benefits tells claimants that when making their claim they should provide the evidence that they already hold and that they should not request additional evidence for which they may need to pay, for example from their GP. If further medical evidence is required this will be requested by the Assessment Provider at no cost to the claimant. At Mandatory Reconsideration the guidance encourages claimants to share any new<\/em> medical evidence they may have received since their original claim. The instructions in relation to claims and Mandatory Reconsideration are clearly signposted for both benefits.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what proportion of (a) employment support allowance mandatory reconsiderations and (b) personal independence payment mandatory reconsiderations her Department has contacted a claimant's GP or specialist to request medical evidence in the last 12 months; and what guidance his Department provides on when it is appropriate to contact a claimant's GP or specialist.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/304", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Roger Godsiff"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1011427", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1011427/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " A person earning pay of £12,000 gross per annum (evenly spread across the year) in all parts of the UK excluding Scotland will have an increase of £54.96 in their net annual income between financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20 as a result of changes to personal allowances and national insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2019.<\/p> <\/p> A typical basic rate taxpayer in all parts of the UK excluding Scotland will pay £130 less in income tax in 2019-20 than in 2018-19.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3935", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mel Stride"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Central Devon"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mel Stride"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there will be in net annual income between financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20 for a person earning £12,000 gross per annum as a result of changes to personal allowances and national insurance contributions from April 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1409", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell"}
}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1011431", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1011431/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " For winter 2017/18 everyone who had reached women\u2019s state pension age was entitled to claim a Winter Fuel Payment. Official Statistics on tax-payers are published by Her Majesty\u2019s Revenue and Customs.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-26T15:10:54.623Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Winter Fuel Payment"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior citizens who were entitled to the winter fuel payment in 2017 were estimated to be higher rate tax payers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1409", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gregory Campbell"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1011438/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " \u200bThe British Government has not provided funding for Radio Dabanga in any of the last five years.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4107", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Harriett Baldwin"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-26T16:48:34.893Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sudan: Radio"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding has been allocated by his Department to the Sudanese media outlet Radio Dabanga in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1441", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bellingham"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Henry Bellingham"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1010542", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1010542/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are development-focused trade agreements which aim to promote increased trade and investment and thereby contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction.<\/p> <\/p> I am satisfied that criticism raised during the negotiation of the EPAs is addressed in the agreements. For example, concerns about potential impact of competition with EU goods is addressed in various ways, including the provision of a wide range of safeguards to protect African domestic products for fledgling industries or for food security.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4016", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Meon Valley"}
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, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-23T14:04:53.39Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Economic Partnership Agreements"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to paragraph 10 of the draft explanatory memorandum to the Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Economic Partnership Agreements and Trade Agreement) (Eastern and Southern Africa States, Southern African Development Community States, Ghana and Ecuador) Order 2018 published in July 2018, what assessment he has made of criticisms of economic partnership agreements.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4061", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Bill Esterson"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Bill Esterson"}
], "uin" : "193421"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1010550", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1010550/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The interruption of care services can affect the wellbeing of users and their loved ones. Local authorities have a statutory duty, under the Care Act 2014, to temporarily meet the needs of individuals when their care provider is no longer able to carry on.<\/p> <\/p> The Local Government Association has said that councils have robust contingency plans in place to ensure people are safeguarded during the Allied Healthcare sale. As joint Government and sector guidance makes clear, these contingency plans should include giving people as much time as possible to make informed choices and transition to any new services in an orderly and calm way.<\/p> <\/p> Cross-Government contingency plans have been enacted, and officials are working closely with Allied Healthcare, local authorities and clinical commissioning groups to ensure as smooth a transition as possible.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
}
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, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-23T14:01:16.707Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Allied Healthcare"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on patient health and service provision in the event that Allied Healthcare cease operations.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4056", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nic Dakin"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Nic Dakin"}
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