Free Zones

(asked on 8th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the total number of freeport bids from among which eight successful applications were announced on 3 March 2021, how many separate bids there were in total; and how many of those bids (a) were unsuccessful as a result of their proposed governance arrangements, (b) received the (i) highest and (ii) lowest score available in respect of their proposed governance arrangements, (c) received the highest score available in respect of their proposed governance arrangements and were not successful overall and (d) received the lowest score available in respect of their proposed governance arrangements and were successful overall.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 15th March 2021

The government received 18 bids for Freeport status in the England bidding process. The government has decided to create eight Freeports in England, with selection processes for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland still to be announced.

The Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government will shortly publish the rationale behind the selection of these Freeport locations according to the process laid out in the Prospectus.

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