Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 59850

Freeports and Special Economic Zones: Job Creation

Tabled: 13 June 2025

Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the target number of jobs was for UK (a) freeports and (b) special economic zones; and how many jobs UK (i) freeports and (ii) special economic zones have delivered to date.

Answer

Alex Norris

As policies developed in partnership with local partners, MHCLG has not set specific targets for job creation in Freeports, nor in Investment Zones, its other major economic zone policy.However, Freeports have set out the economic impacts they expect to d...

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