Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 3 December 2014, Official Report, column 314, on the Autumn Statement, what the criteria are for delineation of the boundaries of the north of England for the sovereign wealth fund.

As set out at paragraph 2.210 of the Autumn Statement, “proposals [for the long-term investment fund from shale gas] will be brought forward in the next Parliament.”