Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the publicly-owned sea ports which are included within the eight freeports announced as part of Budget 2021.

At Budget, the Chancellor announced 8 Freeports from 8 regions of England, as selected by the Secretary of State for the Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government – this followed the fair, open and transparent assessment process outlined in the Bidding Prospectus. The locations are:

1. East Midlands Airport,
2. Felixstowe & Harwich (Freeport East),
3. Humber,
4. Liverpool City Region,
5. Plymouth and South Devon,
6. Solent,
7. Teesside,
8. Thames

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