Question follow-through · 52244

Freeports: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the capacity of freeport governing bodies to conduct annual security audits.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
14 May 2025
Target answer date
16 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Communities and local government

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Recorded timeline

  1. 14 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the capacity of freeport governing bodies to conduct annual security audits.

  2. 16 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    Freeport areas are subject to the same laws and regulations safeguarding security as the rest of the UK. A Freeport customs site is a secure, enclosed zone within the wider Freeport geography. All Freeport customs sites are required to obtain AEO(S) or eq...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tees Valley Combined Authority: Finance

10 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 April 2025 entitled Local Government Best Value, HCWS576, whether her Department has taken recent steps to issue guidance

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tees Valley Combined Authority: Finance

10 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 April 2025 entitled Local Government Best Value, HCWS576, whether her Department's quarterly engagement with the Tees Val

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Deprivation Indicators: Housing

27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of including housing costs in the Indices of Multiple Deprivation on benefit areas with higher housing value

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Deprivation Indicators: Housing

27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of including housing costs in the Indices of Multiple Deprivation on areas with lower housing costs but higher lev

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Temporary Accommodation

24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households are living in temporary accommodation (a) in England, (b) in Middlesbrough local authority area and (c) in Stockton-on-Tees local authority area; and what the

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation

24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households owed a homelessness duty by (a) Middlesbrough Council and (b) Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council were placed in temporary accommodation (i) within the local aut

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Temporary Accommodation: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce (a) the duration of stays in temporary accommodation and (b) the use of out-of-area placements for households from Middlesbrough and Thornaby Ea

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value

3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of consecutive disclaimed audit opinions for Tees Valley Combined Authority accounts and the improvemen

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value

3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the governance arrangements between Tees Valley Combined Authority and South Tees Development Corporation, under the Best Value Not

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value

3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the advice the Independent Advisory Board has provided on managing conflicts between borrowing and lending functions to a) Tees Valley Co

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value

3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of loan documentation between Tees Valley Combined Authority and South Tees Development Corporation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Local Government Finance

3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made regarding the potential implications for his policies of revenue-backed lending arrangements for Best Value assessments.