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710643

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which contracts issued by his Department or its executive agencies are held by (a) Balfour Beatty, (b) Mott MacDonald and (c) Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald joint venture.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	67666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The contracts issued by my Department or its executive agencies held by Mott MacDonald are listed in Table A below. No contracts are held by my Department or its executive agencies with Balfour Beatty or Balfour Beatty / Mott MacDonald joint venture.</p><p> </p><p>Table A – live contracts with Mott MacDonald</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Title</p></td><td><p>Reference</p></td><td><p>Start date</p></td><td><p>End date</p></td><td><p>Value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQQ Passport Evaluation</p></td><td><p>PPRO 04/101/026</p></td><td><p>1 June 2016</p></td><td><p>1 June 2018</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network Services Directorate (NSD)` West Team and NSD Intercity Team Economic Advisors</p></td><td><p>PPRO 04/101/44</p></td><td><p>3 January 2017</p></td><td><p>3<sup>rd</sup> January 2019 Option to extend contract for a further 1 year + 1 year period</p></td><td><p>£500k + £250k +£250k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network Services Directorate (NSD) London and South East Team Economic Advisors</p></td><td><p>PPRO 04/101/046</p></td><td><p>3 January 2017</p></td><td><p>3 January 2019 Option to extend contract for a further 1 year +1 year period</p></td><td><p>£265k, £132.5k and £132.5k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/03/2017 17:39:04 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

693844

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rebecca Coriam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what factors his Department took into account in taking the decision to discontinue the Marine Accident Investigation Branch inquiry into the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam from the Disney Wonder cruise ship.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	65304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>Rebecca Coriam disappeared from a Bahamas registered vessel in non-UK waters. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) therefore has no jurisdiction in this case and did not initiate an investigation.</p><p> </p><p>An investigation was undertaken by authorities in the Bahamas and the Chief Inspector wrote to the Bahamas Maritime Authority to register the UK as a substantially interested state pursuant to the International Maritime Organization’s Casualty Investigation Code.</p><p> </p><p>MAIB has received one request from a third party into the information it holds on the case.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 65280 question first answered 03/03/2017 11:23:55 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

693854

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rebecca Coriam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (a) made to and (b) received from third parties on its inquiry into the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam from the cruise ship Disney Wonder.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	65280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>Rebecca Coriam disappeared from a Bahamas registered vessel in non-UK waters. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) therefore has no jurisdiction in this case and did not initiate an investigation.</p><p> </p><p>An investigation was undertaken by authorities in the Bahamas and the Chief Inspector wrote to the Bahamas Maritime Authority to register the UK as a substantially interested state pursuant to the International Maritime Organization’s Casualty Investigation Code.</p><p> </p><p>MAIB has received one request from a third party into the information it holds on the case.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 65304 question first answered 03/03/2017 11:23:55 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

638726

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of construction jobs that are likely to be created through each construction contract as part of High Speed 2 Phase One in each year.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	53798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>High Speed 2 Limited estimate that around a total of 25,000 private sector employment opportunities will be generated in the process of building the HS2 railway, with a further 3,000 jobs to operate it once finished. The London-West Midlands Environmental Statement (Volume 3, Route-Wide Effects, November 2013) estimated that the equivalent of 14,600 full time employment opportunities would be generated in the construction of Phase One. The government has not made an estimate of the number of construction jobs created through each construction contract in each year.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2016 13:51:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

638727

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote the recruitment of local workers for the construction and operation of High Speed 2 (HS2) in (a) London, (b) Birmingham and (c) the rest of the HS2 Phase One route; and what reporting requirements he is placing on HS2 contractors with regard to (i) local labour recruitment, (ii) spending with local suppliers and (iii) recruitment from disadvantaged and under-represented groups.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	53814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The steps taken to promote the recruitment of local workers (as well as disadvantaged and under-represented groups) are set out at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509181/G4_-_Approaches_to_Training_and_Employment_v1.4.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509181/G4_-_Approaches_to_Training_and_Employment_v1.4.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Measures to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and local businesses from across the UK access supply chain opportunities are also included in the major works contracts. HS2 Ltd require every procurement to be fair, transparent and competitive and to maximise the opportunities for SMEs to provide the works.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2016 14:07:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

638730

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what definition will be used for the term local workers in relation to recruitment policies introduced for the construction phase of High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	53813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The steps taken to promote the recruitment of local workers (as well as disadvantaged and under-represented groups) are set out at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509181/G4_-_Approaches_to_Training_and_Employment_v1.4.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509181/G4_-_Approaches_to_Training_and_Employment_v1.4.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2016 14:03:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

638732

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the chart entitled HS2 Review Phase 1 Target Schedule on page 10 of the High Speed 2 Plus supporting slides, published by HS2 Limited on 17 March 2014, if he will update that chart so that it provides the latest contribution schedule for High Speed 2 Phase One.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	53773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd remain committed to a target date of December 2026 for the introduction of services for Phase One of the project.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2016 13:47:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

638750

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2016 to Question 52862, if he will make representations to (a) the Home Secretary and (b) Chief Officers of Police to put in place measures to enforce the ban on coloured decorative lights on HGV vehicles.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	53840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The road enforcement of road traffic law is an operational matter for individual Chief Police Officers, and their officers can issue verbal warnings, fixed penalty notices or report the driver for formal prosecution.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 24/11/2016 14:12:07 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

636274

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 to proscribe the use of blue coloured decorative lights on HGV vehicles.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	52862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The specification including colour and use of lamps on road vehicles are the subject of The Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989. The Government has no plans to amend the regulations to ban the use of blue coloured decorative lamps on HGV vehicles, as these lamps are already prohibited by the regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 18/11/2016 10:36:31 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

535303

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rebecca Coriam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide a schedule of documents held by his Department relating to the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam from the Disney Wonder cruise ship in March 2011 and the investigation into that disappearance.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	42329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>I am happy to provide the Honourable Member with full details about the documents held by the Department relating to the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam and have asked officials to write to him with this information.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/07/2016 15:14:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson