Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Business and Trade

Nov. 24 2023

Source Page: Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023
Document: Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023 (webpage)

Found: Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023

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Written Question

Freeports: Annual Reports

Thursday 21st March 2024

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answers of 15 March 2024 to Questions 17337 and 17338 on Freeports: Foreign Investment in UK, when his Department plans to publish the UK Freeports Programme Annual Report 2023; and if he will include the information on foreign direct investment performance (a) at the level and (b) for the dates requested in Questions 17337 and 17338.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

Announcements will be set out in due course.

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Written Question

Freeports

Monday 4th December 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023, published on 24 November 2023, if she will detail which freeports the (a) 1,421 jobs and (b) £1,278 million of capital expenditure were attributed to in that publication.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The investments making up the totals published on 24 November 2023 are spread across the 12 Freeports but details of individual investments are commercially sensitive. This means that publishing the specific location associated with these investments risks identifying such commercially sensitive information. The limitation prevents the Department for Business and Trade to publish further detail about the investments.

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Written Question

Freeports

Monday 4th December 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023, published on 24 November 2023, what are the equivalent estimates for the (a) number of jobs created and (b) amount of capital expenditure generated as a result of investment by UK resident entities over the period covered by that publication.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The publication entitled Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023, published on 24 November 2023 confirms verified foreign investment into Freeports. The Department for Business and Trade can only provide verification for foreign direct investment into the UK, not domestic investment, so we are unable to provide equivalent estimates.

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Written Question

Freeports: Scotland

Tuesday 16th January 2024

Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on taking steps to support (a) Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and (b) Forth Green Freeport.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

Both Green Freeports are receiving significant support from UK and Scottish Governments, including access to £1 million capacity funding for each Green Freeport, dedicated expertise and advice from the Freeports Consultancy Hub and support from officials from both UK and Scottish Governments.

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Select Committee

Thames Freeport

PIZ0013 - The performance of investment zones and freeports in England

Written Evidence Nov. 21 2023

Inquiry: The performance of investment zones and freeports in England
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: PIZ0013 - The performance of investment zones and freeports in England Thames Freeport Written Evidence

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Select Committee

Tees Valley Mayor

PIZ0017 - The performance of investment zones and freeports in England

Written Evidence Jan. 09 2024

Inquiry: The performance of investment zones and freeports in England
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: PIZ0017 - The performance of investment zones and freeports in England Tees Valley Mayor Written Evidence

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