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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what impact assessments the Government has undertaken on potential impact of free enterprise zones on the local environment in West Yorkshire.

Investment Zones will not be imposed on places, rather we want local leaders to work with local and wider stakeholders to deliver proposals that are right for them. The recently closed EOI process required places to have the support of the Local Planning Authority. Without this, sites would not be taken forward.

DLUHC is currently assessing all sites received and will have further detail once this has been completed.