HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 cc288-93W
Mr. Dewar

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give a breakdown of inward investment in Britain by standard English region and for Scotland and Wales for each year since 1979, showing the amount received in each region in cash terms and as a proportion of the total in each year.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The table gives details of the number of inward investment decisions known to the Invest in Britain Bureau for the calendar years 1979 to 1988 and the associated jobs for the United Kingdom by region. Comparable information on the total level of financial investment by inward investors is not available.

P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1987 31 (10.2) 3,704 (18 6) 2,061 (12.1) 5,765 (15.6)
1988 58 (17.6) 5,392 (20.3) 1,978 (10.9) 7,370 (16.5)

Wales
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 18 (9.8) 854 (6.0) n/a n/a 854 (6.0)
1980 16 (10.3) 3,332 (17.9) n/a n/a 3,332 (17.9)
1981 20 (15.0) 1,986 (12.1) n/a n/a 1,986 (12.1)
1982 17 (12.8) 901 (8.6) n/a n/a 901 (8.6)
1983 31 (13.1) 2,116 (13.6) 1,913 (12.5) 4,029 (13.1)
1984 42 (12.8) 3,958 (14.6) 5,015 (26.0) 8,973 (19.3)
1985 45 (12.0 2,416 (9.4) 1,350 (7.2) 3,766 (8.5)
1986 49 (14.5) 2,364 (14.5) 2,232 (20.7) 4,596 (17.0)
1987 57 (18.8) 3,954 (19 9) 877 (5.6) 4,831 (13.1)
1988 55 (16.7) 5,856 (22.1) 2,085 (H.5) 7,941 (17.8)

Northern Ireland
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 18 (9.8) 2,794 (19.5) n/a n/a 2,794 (19.5)
1980 20 (12.9) 2,760 (14.8) n/a n/a 2,760 (14.8)
1981 15 (11.3) 2,429 (14.8) n/a n/a 2,429 (14.8)
1982 6 (4.5) 1,893 (18.0) n/a n/a 1,893 (18.0)
1983 11 (4.7) 548 (3.5) 1,192 (7.8) 1,740 (5.6)
1984 27 (8.2) 2,256 (8.3) 2,876 (14.9) 5,132 (11.1)
1985 22 (5.9) 771 (3.0) 1,424 (7.6) 2,195 (5.0)
1986 18 (5.3) 693 (4.3) 1,722 (16.0) 2,415 (8.9)
1987 17 (5.6) 946 (4.8) 1,341 (7.9) 2,287 (6.2)
1988 22 (6.7) 2,610 (9.8) 916 (5.1) 3,526 (7.9)

North East
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 21 (11.5) 1,466 (10.2) n/a n/a 1,466 (10.2)
1980 19 (12.3) 2,923 (15.7) n/a n/a 2,923 (15 7)
1981 14 (10.5) 1,021 (6.2) n/a n/a 1,021 (6.2)
1982 15 (11.3) 539 (5.1) n/a n/a 539 (5.1)
1983 20 (8.5) 1,066 (6.9) 720 (4.7) 1,786 (5.8)
1984 29 (8.8) 4,589 (16.9) 230 (1.2) 4,819 (10.4)
1985 26 (6.9) 1,987 (7.8) 1,572 (8.4) 3,559 (8.0)
1986 30 (8.8) 1,581 (9.7) 1,158 (10.8) 2,739 (101)
1987 31 (10 2) 3,491 (17.5) 852 (5.0) 4,343 (11.8)
1988 22 (6.7) 2,041 (7.7) 31 (0.2) 2,072 (4.6)

North West
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 9 (4.9) 379 (2.6) n/a n/a 379 (2.6)
1980 15 (9.7) 913 (4.9) n/a n/a 913 (4.9)
1981 12 (9.0) 1,177 (7.2) n/a n/a 1,177 (7.2)
1982 14 (10.5> 1,291 (12.3) n/a n/a 1,291 (12.3)
1983 22 (9.3) 709 (4.6) 1,114 (7.3) 1,823 (5.9)
1984 40 (12.2) 1,135 (4.2) 1,911 (9.9) 3,046 (6.6)
1985 28 (7.5> 2,271 (8.9) 1,378 (7.4) 3,649 (8.2)
1986 34 (10.0) 1,400 (8.6) 1,389 (12.9) 2,789 (10.3)
1987 22 (7.3) 356 (1.8) 1,946 (114) 2,302 (6.2)
1988 24 (7.3) 1,604 (6.0) 3,169 (17.5) 4,773 (10.7)

Yorkshire.Humberside
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 27 (14.8) 1,176 (8.2) n/a n/a 1,176 (8.2)
1980 17 (11.0) 890 (4.8) n/a n/a 890 (4.8)
1981 6 (4.5) 167 (1.0) n/a n/a 167 (1.0)
1982 7 (5.3) 104 (0.9) n/a n/a 104 (1.0)
1983 10 (4.2) 345 (2.2) 502 (3.3) 847 (2.7)
1984 7 (2.1) 119 (0.4) 860 (4.5) 979 (2.1)

P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1985 16 (43) 2,263 (8.8) 2,969 (15.9) 5,232 (11.8)
1986 11 (32) 158 (0.9) 57 (0.5) 215 (0.7)
1987 22 (7.3) 938 (4.7) 961 (5.7) 1,899 (51)
1988 14 4.2) 1,507 (5.7) 250 (1.4) 1,757 (3.9)

West Midlands
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 11 (6.0) 864 (6.0) n/a n/a 864 (6.0)
1980 3 (1.9) 1,040 (5.6) n/a n/a 1,040 (5.6)
1981 7 (5.3) 425 (2.6) n/a n/a 425 (2.6)
1982 1 (0.7) 100 (0.9) n/a n/a 100 (0.9)
1983 13 (5.5) 1,201 (7.7) 3,179 (20.8) 4,380 (14.2)
1984 14 (4.3) 1,531 (5.6) 5,240 (27.2) 6,771 (14.6)
1985 63 (16.8) 5,197 (20.3) 1,375 7.4) 6,572 (14.8)
1986 74 (21.8) 4,393 (27.0) 1,899 (17.7) 6,292 (23.3)
1987 50 (16.5) 3,002 (15.1) 1,952 (11.5) 4,954 (13.4)
1988 66 (20.0) 3,656 (13.8) 7,824 (43.2) 11,480 (25.7)

East Midlands
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 15 (8.2) 1,174 (8.2) n/a n/a 1,174 (8.2)
1980 5 (3.2) 276 (1.5) n/a n/a 276 (1.5)
1981 8 (6.0) 290 (1.8) n/a n/a 290 (1.8)
1982 13 (9.8) 848 (8.1) n/a n/a 848 (8.1)
1983 12 (5.1) 939 (6.0) 80 (0.5) 1,019 (3.3)
1984 11 (3.4) 658 (2.4) 303 (1.6) 961 (2.1)
1985 19 (5.1) 778 (3.0) 0 778 (1.8)
1986 IS (4.4) 557 (3.4) 20 (01) 577 (2.1)
1987 11 (3.6) 456 (2.3) 398 (2.3) 854 (2.3)
1988 16 (4.8) 836 (3.1) 880 (4.9) 1,716 (38)

South West
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 23 (12.6) 908 (6.3) n/a n/a 908 (6.3)
1980 23 (14.8) 1,046 (5.6) n/a n/a 1,046 (5.6)
1981 15 (11.3 967 (5.9) n/a n/a 967 (5.9)
1982 25 (18.8) 1,300 (12.4) n/a n/a 1,300 (12.4)
1983 59 (25.0 3,036 (19.5) 2,667 (17.5) 5,703 (18.5)
1984 70 (21.3) 2,731 (10.1) 810 (4.2) 3,541 (7.6)
1985 84 (22.4) 3,649 (14.3) 5,712 (30.5) 9,361 (21.1)
1986 60 (17.7) 2,118 (13.0) 1,148 (10.7) 3,266 (12.1)
1987 50 (16.5) 2,503 (12 6) 599 (3.5) 3,102 (8.4)
1988 45 (13.6) 2,240 (8.4) 983 (5.4) 3,223 (7.2)

South West
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 13 (7.1) 1,938 (13.5) n/a n/a 1,938 (13.5)
1980 6 (3.9) 1,008 (54) n/a n/a 1,008 (5.4)
1981 8 (6.0) 2,199 (13.4) n/a n/a 2,199 (13.4)
1982 7 (5.3) 1,295 (12.3) n/a n/a 1,295 (12.3)
1983 9 (3.8) 451 (2.9) 458 (3.0) 909 (2.9)
1984 14 (4.3) 1,364 (5.0) 586 (3.0) 1,950 (4.2)
1985 15 (4.0) 1,281 (5.0) 19 (0.1) 1,300 (2.9)
1986 12 (3.5) 1,129 (6.9) 528 (4.9) 1,657 (6.1)
1987 11 (3.6) 564 (2.8) 328 (1.9) 892 (2.4)
1988 5 (1.5) 479 (1.8) 0 (0) 479 (1.1)

United Kingdom not specified
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 — — — — — — — —
1980 — — — — — — — —
1981 — — — — — — — —
1982 — — — — — — — —

P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1983 — — — — — — — —
1984 — — — — — — — —
1985 — — — — — — — —
1986 — — — — — — — —
1987 1 (0.3) — — 5,700 (33.5) 5,700 (15 4)
1988 3 (0.9) 325 (1.2) 0 (0) 325 (0.7)

Total United Kingdom
P NJ SJ Total Jobs (NJ and SJ)
1979 183 14,310 n/a 14,310
1980 155 18,662 n/a 18,662
1981 133 16,417 n/a 16,417
1982 133 10,529 n/a 10,529
1983 236 15,546 15,257 30,803
1984 328 27,102 19,294 46,396
198S 375 25,584 18,721 44,305
1986 339 16,274 10,760 27,034
1987 303 19,914 17,015 36,929
1988 330 26,546 18,116 44,662
n/a = Not available.
P = Number of projects—Figures in brackets apply to percentage of total for each region.
NJ = New Jobs—These figures refer to decisions known to the IBB, and are provided by the companies themselves.
SJ = Safeguarded Jobs—The jobs are those associated with the projects over the long term.

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