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date	08/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution that will be made by the creation of eight freeports to levelling up the north of England with the south and south-east.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>At Budget, the Chancellor announced the 8 Freeports from 8 regions of England, as selected by the Secretary of State for the Ministry for Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government – this followed the fair, open and transparent assessment process outlined in the Bidding Prospectus.</p><p> </p><p>Freeports will play a significant role in boosting trade, attracting inward investment and driving productive activity across the UK. This will level up communities across the country through increased employment opportunities. This is more important than ever as we begin to recover from the ongoing economic impacts of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>Our focus has been on getting places to send us their bids and proposals, rather than second-guessing what they will do. The modelling we have done to support that process remains sensitive at this point and liable to change significantly now the locations have been announced.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL13964 question first answered 17/03/2021 14:52:15 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1300477

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how much of the trade through each of the proposed new freeports will be (1) existing trade through that port, (2) new trade, and (3) trade diverted from other UK ports.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>At Budget, the Chancellor announced the 8 Freeports from 8 regions of England, as selected by the Secretary of State for the Ministry for Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government – this followed the fair, open and transparent assessment process outlined in the Bidding Prospectus.</p><p> </p><p>Freeports will play a significant role in boosting trade, attracting inward investment and driving productive activity across the UK. This will level up communities across the country through increased employment opportunities. This is more important than ever as we begin to recover from the ongoing economic impacts of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>Our focus has been on getting places to send us their bids and proposals, rather than second-guessing what they will do. The modelling we have done to support that process remains sensitive at this point and liable to change significantly now the locations have been announced.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL13963 question first answered 17/03/2021 14:52:15 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1300478

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Meetings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, after 7 May, local authorities will be permitted to hold (1) remote proceedings, or (2) hybrid proceedings, for (a) council meetings, (b) Executive meetings, (c) committee meetings, (d) sub-committee meetings, or (e) other meetings at which members of the public are able to be present.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government keeps all policy under review. To extend the facility for councils to continue to meet remotely, or in hybrid form after 7 May 2021 would require primary legislation.</p><p>We have received representations from local authorities and sector representative organisations making the case for the continuation of remote meetings beyond 7 May 2021 and are carefully considering next steps in this area.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 17/03/2021 16:19:17 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1299847

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £1 billion Towns Fund announced in the Budget 2021, published on 3 March, each English region will receive, and how much of the £1 billion Stronger Towns Fund, launched on 4 March 2019, each English region received.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The Towns Fund is helping level up the country, driving economic regeneration, productivity and growth. At Budget 2021, the Chancellor announced 45 Town Deals. Regional totals can be found in the Budget document (attached) here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F966868%2FBUDGET_2021_-_web.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce4fca31e465d4664260e08d8e46f496a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637510513904833671%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=IAax09lMOrfO7dyJPUDVaUn7TzOfyeSrryg3%2BuuUiPk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/966868/BUDGET_2021_-_web.pdf</a>.</p><p>These are in addition to the first seven Town Deals announced in October 2020, further details of which can be found (attached) here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Ffirst-town-deals-worth-almost-180-million-announced&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce4fca31e465d4664260e08d8e46f496a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637510513904843627%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=7Mp7S4N5KE7wRhJSJTaDtR5kmvc74fIdbv54czFrGjI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-town-deals-worth-almost-180-million-announced</a></p><p>The Towns Fund superseded the previously announced Stronger Towns Fund, ensuring even more places could be supported. No funding was committed through that Fund.</p><p>Further Town Deals will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh attachment 1 file name 210315 BUDGET_2021 - HL13904.pdf title Budget 2 file name 210315 First Town Deals - HL13904.pdf title Towns Deal question first answered 17/03/2021 16:17:41 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves