Free Zones

(asked on 22nd 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, whether the maximum distance between two sites within the freeports announced in Budget 2021 is greater than 45 km; what assessment his Department made of the extent to which each of those Freeports meets the requirement for a clear economic rationale under section 3.1.6 of the Freeports bidding prospectus; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Luke Hall Portrait
Luke Hall
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 25th March 2021

The Government has led a fair, open and transparent selection process to determine successful Freeport locations in England.

We were clear in the Freeports Bidding Prospectus that the Government would consider bids for exceptional additional customs subzones and tax sites outside the Outer Boundary where this could be supported by a clear economic rationale.

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