PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
DP World: Freeports (20 April 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of DP World as preferred partners for freeports.
Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)
Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)
Answer
Freeports were selected through an open and transparent process based on consideration of the criteria in the Freeports Bidding Prospectus (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freeports-bidding-prospectus), and in accordance with the Freeports Decision-Making Note (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freeports-bidding-prospectus/english-freeports-selection-decision-making-note).
Freeport selection is a matter for HM Treasury.
Answered by:
Paul Scully (Conservative)
27 April 2022
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