To ask Her Majesty's Government which locations have been selected for a freeport.
Answered on
2 November 2021
At Budget, in March 2021, the Chancellor announced 8 successful prospective Freeports locations in England, as selected following the fair and open assessment process outlined in the Bidding Prospectus. Locations selected to progress to the next stages of designation are: East Midlands Airport, Felixstowe & Harwich (known as Freeport East), Humber, Liverpool City Region, Plymouth & South Devon, Solent, Teesside and Thames.