Freeports security and illicit activity guidance
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A range of tools and guidance to assist Freeports in managing potential security risks of all of the businesses located within and around their sites (as per commitments in their Memorandums of Understanding).
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
A range of tools and guidance to assist Freeports in managing potential security risks of all of the businesses located within and around their sites (as per commitments in their Memorandums of Understanding). Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Suggested approaches to risk reports and security plans
- A potential approach to producing the Risk Report
- Security Plan - key steps that Freeports could follow
- Protect and preparedness advice and guidance from National Counter Terrorism Policing (NCTP)
- Websites for advice and guidance on a wide range of security topics
- Free awareness products to upskill staff and stakeholders to make them aware of the potential threats
- Risk management
- Venues and public spaces guidance
- Testing and exercising
- Toolkits - resources to help further enhance your security posture
- CCTV
- Guidance from the National Protective Security Authority
- HMRC guidance
- Home Office and Department for Transport guidance
- Cyber security guidance
- Further government guidance
Source and licence
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
AttributionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, ‘Freeports security and illicit activity guidance’ (updated 19 November 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026