The Great British Railways Transition Team have factored the consultation and the responses received into their ongoing work on the Long Term Strategy for Rail (formerly known as the Whole Industry Strategic Plan). Alongside this, they are ensuring wider policy announcements, such as Network North, are fully considered.<\/p>
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many sets of doors per carriage are listed in the rolling stock procurement specifications HS2 Ltd agreed with Alston and Hitachi on 9 December 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the classification of religious education as a school subject; and what funding she has allocated to support the teaching of (a) religious education and (b) national curriculum core subjects in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households received the warm home discount rebate in (a) York Central constituency (b) City of York Council and (c) England in each year since 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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