§ Mr. Peter RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money has been spent by(a) the Industrial Development Board and (b) the Local Enterpise Development Unit to promote the creation of jobs in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. NeedhamExpenditure on promoting the creation of new jobs and safeguarding existing jobs was as follows:
(3) how many jobs have been created by the Industrial Development Board in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. NeedhamThis information is not available in the precise form requested. LEDU and the Industrial Development Board seek to promote jobs by encouraging and assisting companies to create employment; figures for the number of jobs promoted by the Industrial Development Board in each Westminster constituency and 253W by LEDU in each district council area are as follows. It is not possible to say exactly how many jobs were actually created as a result of these promotions. Over recent years,
LEDU: New jobs promoted by district council area 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Antrim 112 80 127 220 195 Ards 214 55 107 100 242 Armagh 91 122 107 297 170 Ballymena 77 143 100 160 178 Ballymoney 11 30 39 48 47 Banbridge 37 10 67 66 35 Belfast 828 938 1,108 1,510 1,514 Carrickfergus 157 246 207 103 154 Castlereagh 26 70 60 13 54 Coleraine 140 168 61 123 170 Cookstown 98 61 126 40 76 Craigavon 325 218 281 232 302 Down 222 172 120 190 172 Dungannon 336 201 311 252 278 Fermanagh 196 62 164 200 148 Larne 37 42 85 46 67 Limavady 23 28 80 28 86 Lisburn 163 112 115 256 216 Londonderry 248 361 326 540 329 Magherafelt 111 116 87 108 209 Moyle 57 13 10 16 6 Newry and Mourne 300 347 440 425 466 Newtownabbey 161 103 115 189 341 North Down 105 139 137 154 208 Omagh 83 87 136 163 254 Strabane 86 123 65 31 87 Total 4,244 4,047 4,581 5,510 6,004
IDB: New jobs promoted by Westminster constituency 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Belfast East — 8 — 106 74 Belfast North 78 — — 23 — Belfast South 103 35 303 82 973 Belfast West 98 44 — 496 119 East Antrim 37 230 600 651 129 East Londonderry 109 425 270 166 40 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 137 645 404 212 619 Foyle 227 393 478 827 371 Lagan Valley 255 123 1,049 85 288 Mid Ulster 222 330 16 150 388 Newry and Armagh 137 434 177 34 160 North Antrim 95 232 106 246 460 North Down 243 209 14 425 — South Antrim 1,655 892 1,386 1,068 185 South Down 110 171 432 56 72 Strangford 247 321 249 87 50 Upper Bann 434 808 169 417 474 TOTAL 4,187 5,300 95,653 5,131 4,402