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419798

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Universities: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to use the Charity Research Support Fund as a means to secure investment from the charitable sector into universities.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	10917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant contribution made by charitable funders of research. The charity support element of Quality Related research funding, provided through the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), has provided £198m per year over the period 2011-16 to support institutions leveraging funding from the charitable sector.</p><p>Decisions on any funding beyond 2015-16 will be subject to the outcome of the Spending Review later this year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2015 13:11:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

420328

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the road traffic construction and use regulations to prohibit blue lights on non-emergency vehicles.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	11221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The specification including colour and use of lamps on road vehicles are the subject of The Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989. Only emergency vehicles are permitted by this legislation to have blue special warning lamps and warning beacons. No assessment has been made to amend these regulations for blue lamps or warning beacons on non-emergency vehicles, as the prohibitions already exist.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2015 11:22:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

420329

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend the road traffic construction and use regulations to require dashboard warning lights for faulty brake lights to be mandatory.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	11222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Dash board warning lights are the subject of the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989. There are no specific requirements for brake light failure warning and there are no plans to amend them. The optional fitment of such a warning light is permitted.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2015 10:52:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

390509

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on development of rail infrastructure in the North West; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	901062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>In the North West Network Rail have recently finished electrifying the route from Liverpool to Manchester and to Wigan, and now have 10 electric trains in service on those routes, with plans to increase this to 20 by the end of the year. The work to electrify the route between Manchester and Preston is progressing, as Network Rail are currently enlarging the Farnworth tunnel to accommodate the wires.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/07/2015 12:06:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

388355

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on standardising (a) fast tag and (b) other electronic account metering systems for toll roads in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	5815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>It is for toll operators to decide the toll equipment (such as Fast Tag at the Mersey Tunnels) they deploy on their roads and crossings based on operational needs. We are, however, supportive of toll facilities which ensure compliance and can avoid unnecessary delay for motorists.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also support interoperability for tolled crossings where this makes sense for road users, but this should not put additional costs on other road users who will not benefit from interoperability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/07/2015 10:26:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

381774

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Fracking and Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications her Department has received for licences for unconventional gas extraction since 2010; how many such applications were approved; how many applications her Department has received for onshore wind generation facilities since 2010; and how many such applications were approved.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs) grant exclusive rights to extract hydrocarbons within a particular onshore area. These rights include, but are not exclusive to, unconventional gas. A further consent is required before any extraction can take place. No PEDLs have been issued since 2008. Applications for PEDLs under the 14<sup>th</sup> Onshore Licensing Round are currently being considered – 95 applications for 295 licence blocks have been made.</p><p>Since 2010 DECC has received 3 planning applications for onshore windfarms above 50MW and the Planning Inspectorate has received 1 further application for examination. 6 onshore wind applications above 50MW have been approved by the Secretary of State in the period. In addition, at the end of March 2015, five years after the introduction of the Feed-in Tariff scheme, 6,830 sub 5MW installations totalling 396MW had been registered on the scheme. The Renewables Obligation was introduced in 2002 to support large scale renewable electricity in the UK and since 2010 Ofgem have accredited 415 onshore wind stations totalling 4.28 GW under the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:11:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

348008

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine: Cheshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Cheshire West & Chester Council, (b) Cheshire East Council and (c) East Cheshire NHS Trust on the provision of sexual health services in Cheshire in (i) 2014 and (ii) 2015 to date.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Responsibility for the provision of most sexual health services lies with local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No discussions have taken place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2015 12:22:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

347687

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	East Cheshire NHS Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to publish the report Distressed Health Communities in East Cheshire NHS Trust.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not commissioned such a report. In 2014, NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) commissioned research from four consultancies to support 11 challenged local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans. Eastern Cheshire is one of the 11 health economies covered by this research. An overarching summary, ‘Making Local Health Economies Work Better For Patients’, was published by NHS England, Monitor and TDA in December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/06/2015 12:13:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

347688

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	East Cheshire NHS Trust: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial viability of East Cheshire NHS Trust.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/06/2015 12:03:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson