questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the findings of the Fourth Report of the Business and Trade Committee of session 2023-24 on the levels of job creation from existing freeports compared to those that were forecast, whether his Department has conducted a review of the long-term economic case for existing, and expanding Freeports, Special Economic Zones, Investment Zones, and Industrial Strategy Zones.
answerText: The Modern Industrial Strategy published in June 2025 will increase business investment and grow the industries of the future in the UK. Industrial Strategy Zones (ISZs) are the UK’s primary place-based growth interventions, I will therefore refer to ISZs...
heading: Freeports: Job Creation