Where stations are owned by Train Operating Companies, the installation of public pianos are a matter for the operator. Network Rail is supportive of the use of pianos at its stations, subject to any local safety and security issues being addressed and ultimately signed off by their station teams.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4442", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Huw Merriman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bexhill and Battle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Huw Merriman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-10-24T16:19:42.187Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-10-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Railway Stations: Musical Instruments"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with (a) Network Rail and (b) train operators to help support the use of public pianos within railway stations.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Julian Knight"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Solihull"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Julian Knight"} ], "uin" : "203002"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1665600", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1665600/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
I announced at a speech in June at Policy Exchange a series of measures to make the Civil Service more attractive to external candidates. This included when recruiting for senior roles in the Civil Service the default position is that all recruitment must operate externally by default. This means vacancies at this level must be advertised both to applicants internal and external to the Civil Service on openly available websites to allow for all those interested in the role, including in the private sector, to apply. I announced that roles will be advertised on a broader range of openly available job boards with simplified job advertisements.<\/p>
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I am grateful to Lord Maude for undertaking this review and will update on next steps in due course.<\/p>
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National Highways have a legal duty to achieve compliance of NO2<\/sub> levels on their roads in the shortest possible time. Part of this duty was to review new technology and research.<\/p> <\/p> The speed trial was one of these pieces of research undertaken by experts from Connected Places Catapult, supported by consultation and joint working with leading experts in emission measurements and modelling at TNO in the Netherlands between May 2017 and January 2019, and TU Graz in Austria.<\/p> <\/p> Findings of National Highways\u2019 research have been presented to the Dispersion Modellers User Group (DMUG) and ITS(UK) Smart Environment Interest Group and is published on National Highways\u2019 website.<\/p> <\/p> The speed trial implemented in 2021 was a way to understand if this research would work in real world conditions. The complex analysis of all the data collected on the M1 trial is currently being analysed and a report on the conclusions of the M1 speed trial will be published shortly.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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The Planning Inspectorate has undertaken various pieces of work, formal and informal, to assess the effectiveness of virtual (or \u201cdigital\u201d) public events. These have included research by the Royal Town Planning Institute (September 2021) as well as surveys of customers, from Local Planning Authorities to members of the public, and Planning Inspectors during 2020.<\/p>"}
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