Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the development of the eight freeports designated in the March 2021 Budget.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is working closely with each prospective English Freeport to agree governance arrangements and complete outline business cases and therefore is unable to comment on progress at specific sites. However, it is anticipated that the first Freeports will be operational in late 2021.