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1715752

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the return of investment from Freeports for (a) the UK economy, (b) the Scottish economy and (c) shareholders and private investors.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	24827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has evaluated the public benefit and value for money each Freeport will deliver through the competitive process for selecting Freeport locations and subsequently through a robust business case process. Once approved, these business cases, including details of the benefits the Freeport will deliver, are published online. To ensure Freeports are delivering these returns to the UK and Scottish economies, the Government is also monitoring and evaluating their delivery; our approach is <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freeports-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy/freeports-programme-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy&amp;data=05|02|Parliamentary@levellingup.gov.uk|c90d8687d014483f511008dc6f53d125|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638507652987379116|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=LIpK6YNtJPVVzXahMaj/x/hi/J2rIgeBeJkeLjlPf7I=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">published here</a>.</p><p>This allows us to identify the impacts Freeports are already having: for example, we announced in November 2023 that Freeports have already generated £2.9 billion in investment in under two years, which will in turn create 6,000 jobs. It also enables us to monitor the suitability of the Freeports package and identify opportunities to enhance and double down on it. For example, we have recently extended the tax reliefs in Freeports from five to ten years and launched a £150 million flexible Investment Opportunity Fund to secure specific business investment opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 24826 24828 question first answered 10/05/2024 07:07:25 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1715753

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the of the proportion of projected profits earned by Freeports to be received by (a) offshore investors, (b) UK companies and (c) Scottish companies.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	24828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has evaluated the public benefit and value for money each Freeport will deliver through the competitive process for selecting Freeport locations and subsequently through a robust business case process. Once approved, these business cases, including details of the benefits the Freeport will deliver, are published online. To ensure Freeports are delivering these returns to the UK and Scottish economies, the Government is also monitoring and evaluating their delivery; our approach is <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freeports-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy/freeports-programme-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy&amp;data=05|02|Parliamentary@levellingup.gov.uk|c90d8687d014483f511008dc6f53d125|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638507652987379116|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=LIpK6YNtJPVVzXahMaj/x/hi/J2rIgeBeJkeLjlPf7I=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">published here</a>.</p><p>This allows us to identify the impacts Freeports are already having: for example, we announced in November 2023 that Freeports have already generated £2.9 billion in investment in under two years, which will in turn create 6,000 jobs. It also enables us to monitor the suitability of the Freeports package and identify opportunities to enhance and double down on it. For example, we have recently extended the tax reliefs in Freeports from five to ten years and launched a £150 million flexible Investment Opportunity Fund to secure specific business investment opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 24826 24827 question first answered 10/05/2024 07:07:25 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1694322

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many freeports have been announced for each country of the United Kingdom in the past 10 years; and where they are located.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL3057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of Freeports announced in the United Kingdom in the last ten years and their locations can be found at the following <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/freeports" target="_blank">link.</a></p><p>Following discussions with stakeholders in Northern Ireland about how best to deliver the benefits associated with Freeports and Investment Zones there, the government announced at the Spring Budget that we will establish an Enhanced Investment Zone offer in Northern Ireland with £150 million in funding, able to be used flexibly across spending and tax levers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 19/03/2024 16:36:53 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL3057 - Freeports - GOV.UK.pdf title Freeport
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1676994

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 4105 on Freeports, how many of the 12 freeports were recorded as having (a) a number of jobs created as a result of verified foreign direct investment of (i) 0-50, (ii) 51-100, (iii) 101-150, (iv) 151-200 and (v) more than 200 and (b) an amount of capital expenditure resulting from that investment of (A) £0-£50 million, (B) £51-£100 million, (C) £101-£150 million, (D) £151-£200 million and (E) more than £200 million between December 2021 and November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	6154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>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.</p><p>This means that releasing information that indicates the specific characteristics associated with these investments risks identifying the identity of the companies. The limitation prevents the Department for Business and Trade to publish further detail about the investments.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/12/2023 10:19:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1673525

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>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.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/12/2023 17:51:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1673526

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>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.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/12/2023 17:43:23 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1662636

registered interest
date	02/10/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which locations in Great Britain have been selected as Freeports.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL10461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Excellent progress has been made with Freeport delivery - all English Freeports are open for business and seven out of eight have final government approval. We have also announced two new Green Freeports in Scotland as well as two new Freeports in Wales. The location of each Freeport can be found on the Freeports page on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffreeports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C798c9933f28e4838c71708dbca4261ff%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638326158676049187%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=X5ZBknFETMYJfdxHDEx5PKyTGQNhBeVXoFs%2FbgU4wPA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p>The lack of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive has seriously limited the scope and nature of engagement in Northern Ireland on Freeports and on Investment Zones. Officials from the UK Government and the Northern Ireland Civil Service continue to work closely together. However, on this and on so many other areas where action is needed to grow the economy in Northern Ireland, we need rapid restoration of the Executive to allow projects like this to go ahead and to benefit from the opportunities provided by the Windsor Framework.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Evans of Rainow grouped question UIN HL10462 question first answered 16/10/2023 15:47:18 answering member 4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

1660898

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many freeports they have established in the past three years; and where they are.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL10182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>Excellent progress has been made with Freeport delivery - all English Freeports are open for business and seven out of eight have final government approval. We have also announced two new Green Freeports in Scotland as well as two new Freeports in Wales. The location of each Freeport can be found on the Freeports page on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffreeports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ca86f628d932a4559e68408dbbb4ee7e4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638309719785635753%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IQUl8%2FN358W%2BQGZfxQkqqDiLY9r6sIhXwrVKwrc6y0A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 25/09/2023 14:27:21 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne attachment 1 file name Freeports - GOV.UK.pdf title Freeport Gov.uk
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1646743

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what statutory and additional powers apply within Freeports to (a) law enforcement agencies, (b) trading standards officers, (c) HM Revenue and Customs and (d) the National Crime Agency.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	190880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Freeport status in no way undermines or weakens existing port security arrangements. Special customs status - which builds on, rather than radically departing from, facilitations available elsewhere in the UK - is available only on specific 'customs sites' within the wider Freeport footprint. These are secure sites administered by a specially authorised 'Customs Site Operator' or CSO. More information on Freeports security requirements can be found in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C61d8766ff99545d1cc5908db7721ba95%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638234758960968431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Nejs7Qu24JkVf5Y3TMM9TWvtcLDRKCw7gmd0jFqEPHs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Freeports Annual Report.</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 27/06/2023 15:23:23 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill