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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1625072/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Competition and Markets Authority continues to monitor the funerals market following its recent investigation, publishing annual reviews on developments in the market. The first review, published in January 2023, set out evidence that since the introduction of transparency rules (part of the Competition and Markets Authority\u2019s <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funerals-market-investigation-order-2021\" target=\"_blank\">Funerals Market Investigation Order 2021<\/a>) \u202ffuneral prices are flat after many years of real-terms rises. This means that costs paid by UK consumers for funeral services are likely to be lower as a result of the Competition and Markets Authority\u2019s intervention.<\/p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority will continue its work to ensure that all consumers are able to benefit from the measures introduced in the Order and it has the information required to monitor consumer outcomes.<\/p><p>Additionally, the Government helps with the cost of funeral services for many bereaved families through the Funeral Expenses Payment scheme and the Children\u2019s Funeral Fund.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that funeral services remain affordable for all.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4719", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1456684", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1456684/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is absolutely clear that new homes should be built out as soon as possible once planning permission is granted. Where sites are stalled or there are delays to delivery, it is for local authorities and developers to work closely together on the issues.<\/p><p>Section 215 of the Town &amp; Country Planning Act 1990 provides a local authority with the power to take remedial steps by serving a notice on the owner and occupier, when the condition of land adversely affects the amenity of the area. However, the use of Section 215 is discretionary, and a local authority should decide whether a notice under these provisions would be appropriate in a particular case, taking into account all the local circumstances as Section 219 of the Act allows local planning authorities to undertake the remedial works themselves and recover the costs from the landowner.<\/p><p>We recognise communities need to see the homes they want and need built promptly. We are, therefore, exploring further options to support faster build out as part of the wider package of proposed changes to the planning system. An announcement will be made in due course.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to amending section 215 of the Town and County Planning Act 1990 to allow local councils to prosecute land owners if schemes have not been completed within a reasonable time period.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1228297/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Public Health England (PHE) supported the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to review emerging evidence on vitamin D and the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. NICE\u2019s review, published in June 2020, concluded that there is currently no evidence to support taking vitamin D supplements to reduce the risk or severity of COVID-19.<\/p><p>PHE re-issued its advice on vitamin D supplementation early in April 2020; whilst stay at home measures were in place it was recommended that everyone take a daily vitamin D supplement to keep bones and muscles healthy.<\/p><p>A copy of the NICE evidence review <em>Vitamin D for COVID-19<\/em> is attached.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take in response to the report by Aging Clinical Experimental Research The role of vitamin D in the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 infection and mortality, published on 6 May.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/897343/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is not funded to provide financial assistance to British nationals overseas, but can provide emergency loans on a discretionary basis, in very exceptional circumstances. The FCO can provide an emergency loan to assist victims of forced marriage, where there are no alternative sources of funding. Emergency loans can be used to fund the reasonable costs relating to repatriation to the UK. The Government recognises the risks that victims of forced marriage can face and the challenges that they may encounter on the return to the UK. This is why emergency loans are offered to assist British nationals in these circumstances.<\/p>"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "British Nationals Abroad: Forced Marriage"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on payment of emergency loans to British victims of forced marriage overseas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/511532/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The National Offender Management Service delivers offender management services through both the National Probation Service (NPS) and Public Sector Prisons (PSP). Information on the numbers employed since 2010 is given below.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>On the 1 June 2014, the probation delivery model changed with the 35 Probation Trusts being dissolved and the inception of a new National Probation Service (NPS) within NOMS plus the creation of 21 new privately owned Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). As a result of the changes the NPS directly manages offenders who pose the highest risk in both custody and community with the remainder of offenders in the community being managed by the CRCs.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent Staff Employed in Offender Management Roles in Probation Areas/Trusts 2010 to 2014<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Probation Areas / Trusts<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Mar-10<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>-<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Mar-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>9,580<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Mar-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>9,270<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Mar-13<sup>2<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>9,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Mar-14<\/p><\/td><td><p>9,660<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><ol><li>In March 2010 Probation staffing data was published at an aggregated level as those by function (of which, Offender Management is one of them) were not published as they were considered unreliable due to the change, at that time, in the way probation staffing data was collected.<\/li><\/ol><p> <\/p><ol start=\"2\"><li>In July 2012 the way that probation staffing data was collected changed. From that date only staff employed and funded by the Probation Trusts were included. This change did not have a significant impact on the Offender Management function and therefore the figures presented in the table are largely comparable over the period.<\/li><\/ol><p> <\/p><p><strong><br> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Staff Employed in Offender Management Roles in National Probation Service (NPS) and Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), 31 March and 31 December 2015<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>NPS<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>CRCs<sup>3<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Mar-15<\/p><\/td><td><p>-<\/p><\/td><td><p>-<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Dec-15<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,860<\/p><\/td><td><p>-<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p><sup>3. <\/sup>CRCs became private companies in February 2015 and are therefore responsible for the management of their own staffing levels. However, information on the staffing of CRCs was collected until they transferred to the private sector. At 31 December 2014 there was a full-time equivalent of 4,810 staff working within the Offender Management function in CRCs.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Public Sector Prison Service Staff Employed in Offender Management, 2014 to 2015<sup>4<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Public Sector Prisons<sup>4<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Mar-14<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,770<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Mar-15<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,620<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>31-Dec-15<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><ol start=\"4\"><li>Prior to 2014 Public Sector Prison Service staff working on offender management were not identified on HR records. Figures include all staff identified as working in the offender management function, including administrative support.<\/li><\/ol><p> <\/p><p>Note to All Tables:<\/p><p>All figures are rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. However the database itself is dynamic, and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate, and to present unrounded figures would be to overstate the accuracy of the figures. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty that is held with these figures.<\/p>"}
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