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 English Freeports selection decision, whether any additional information was (a) sought, or (b) received from the (i) Teesside or (ii) North East Freeport bid during the assessment process.

All bidders were contacted to provide contact details for the operators of their proposed customs sites. No other information that was assessed as part of the selection process for the English Freeports competition was received from, or sought for, the Teesside or North East Freeport bids following the competition deadline of 12 noon 5 February 2021.