HC Deb 07 February 1995 vol 254 c177W
21. Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the number of jobs that have arisen from inward investment over the last five years.

Mr. Portillo

According to figures notified to the Invest in Britain Bureau, as a result of inward investment more than 126,000 new jobs were created, and nearly 200,000 more were safeguarded, in the United Kingdom in the five financial years to 1993–94.