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1301469

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish, for each the eight successful freeport bids, the list of Standard Industrial Classification codes which that bid identified as ones which, in accordance with section 4.4 of the bidding prospectus, were classes of businesses (a) which formed part of the bid and (b) the bid aimed to attract.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	166400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry for Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government will shortly publish the rationale behind the selection of these Freeport locations according to the process laid out in the Prospectus.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 15/03/2021 10:33:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1300768

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to consult trade unions on (a) employment rights and (b) governance structures before the eight Freeports announced in the Budget statement on 3 March 2021 begin operating.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	165511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The government is pleased to have announced the locations of 8 new English Freeports at Budget. The Ministry for Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government will shortly publish the rationale behind the selection of these Freeport locations according to the process laid out in the Prospectus.</p><p> </p><p>Successful bidders will be confirmed subject to a business case review, agreement of governance arrangements, and the fulfilment of the appropriate authorisations.</p><p> </p><p>Freeports are not deregulatory and the government will ensure that the UK’s high standards with respect to workers’ rights will not be compromised.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 165510 question first answered 15/03/2021 10:36:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1300213

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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement of eight freeports as part of Budget 2021, whether the Government plans to designate any further freeports in England, on the basis of bids submitted in advance of the 5 February 2021 bid deadline.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	164428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>The government has no plans to designate further Freeports in England beyond those allocated at this time.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 11/03/2021 15:06:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1300214

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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to publish details of the submissions made by the eight successful locations in the freeports bidding process.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	164429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry for Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government will shortly publish the rationale behind the selection of the 8 successful Freeport locations.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 11/03/2021 15:06:46 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1300216

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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the assessment of bids submitted for freeport status on or before 5 February 2021, whether the process set out on pages 38-39 of the Government's Freeports Bidding Prospectus, CP 315 was followed in full; what criteria was used to ensure the process was open; whether any part of the process had its initial timeline hastened or compressed to make it possible to announce the freeports at Budget 2021; on what date the decision on the eight designated freeports was taken; and on what date spending was authorized for transport costs associated with the Prime Minister's visit to Teesside on 4 March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	164431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>Specific locations were chosen according to the fair, open and transparent assessment process set out in the Bidding Prospectus.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 11/03/2021 15:07:35 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1300218

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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the total number of freeport bids from among which eight successful applications were announced on 3 March 2021, how many separate bids there were in total; and how many of those bids (a) were unsuccessful as a result of their proposed governance arrangements, (b) received the (i) highest and (ii) lowest score available in respect of their proposed governance arrangements, (c) received the highest score available in respect of their proposed governance arrangements and were not successful overall and (d) received the lowest score available in respect of their proposed governance arrangements and were successful overall.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	164433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The government received 18 bids for Freeport status in the England bidding process. The government has decided to create eight Freeports in England, with selection processes for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland still to be announced.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry for Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government will shortly publish the rationale behind the selection of these Freeport locations according to the process laid out in the Prospectus.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 15/03/2021 10:34:53 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1299956

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the eight proposed freeports will become operational.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	163680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The government is pleased to have announced the locations of 8 new English Freeports at Budget.</p><p> </p><p>Freeports will be introduced as soon as possible and successful bidders will be confirmed subject to a business case review, agreement of governance arrangements, and the fulfilment of the appropriate authorisations.  The government will be working with bidders on these through 2021 and expects Freeports to be operational in late 2021.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this process there will be an assessment of the costs of benefits of specific sites within the Freeport.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the authorisation of Freeport customs sites, operators will need to demonstrate adequate staffing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 163679 163681 163682 question first answered 10/03/2021 11:33:08 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1299957

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to businesses of using freeports over traditional ports and border points.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	163681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The government is pleased to have announced the locations of 8 new English Freeports at Budget.</p><p> </p><p>Freeports will be introduced as soon as possible and successful bidders will be confirmed subject to a business case review, agreement of governance arrangements, and the fulfilment of the appropriate authorisations.  The government will be working with bidders on these through 2021 and expects Freeports to be operational in late 2021.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this process there will be an assessment of the costs of benefits of specific sites within the Freeport.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the authorisation of Freeport customs sites, operators will need to demonstrate adequate staffing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 163679 163680 163682 question first answered 10/03/2021 11:33:08 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1284638

registered interest
date	08/02/2021
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 whether their proposed sites for freeports and free zones include the seven UK sites that had this status until 2012.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL13117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>Freeport locations will be chosen according to the fair, open and transparent selection process, as set out in the Freeports Bidding Prospectus. This is a competitive process and all ports across the country were eligible to apply for Freeport status, regardless of whether or not they had Freeport status until 2012.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 22/02/2021 17:32:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1271782

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the estimates that were produced with regard to the UK Global Tariff and freeports policy of which forms of industrial activity using the standard industrial classification would benefit most from tariff inversion in new freeports in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Freeports will benefit the UK by increasing trade, employment and investment. Firms importing goods into Freeports can take advantage of several customs benefits, including tariff inversion, alongside wider benefits. The Freeport Bidding Prospectus provides the full details that interested parties need in order to assess the benefits of Freeport status to them and join a Freeport Bidding Coalition.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 11/01/2021 08:57:47 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson