Free Zones: Tees Valley

(asked on 18th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's policy paper, entitled English Freeports selection decision-making note, updated 17 March 2021, which states that Teesside bid’s stronger alignment with government policy (in particular the Net Zero agenda and the Prime Minister’s recently published 10 Point Plan) resulted in a decision to select that as the Freeport bid within the region, which aspects of that bid's alignment with Government policy formed part of the decision-making process; and how that alignment was quantified.


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Eddie Hughes Portrait
Eddie Hughes
This question was answered on 23rd March 2021

The Freeports Bidding Prospectus set out a fair, open and transparent assessment process to select Freeport locations in England, informed by relevant experts across Government to ensure objective and robust assessment. The English Freeport Selection Decision-Making Note clearly outlines how decisions on the successful freeport locations, announced at Budget, were made. Unsuccessful bidders were offered feedback calls with officials to discuss the assessment of bids in more depth.

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