§ Mr. BercowTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how much inward investment, in terms of(a) jobs and (b) total spending in current prices has gone to each region of the United Kingdom in each year since 1979. [11349]
§ Mr. Ian McCartneyConsistently comparable figures for jobs and capital expenditure are available only from 1985–86 onwards. According to information notified to my Department's Invest in Britain Bureau, the figures are included in a table, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many(a) US, (b) Japanese, (c) French, and (d) German companies have located in Britain since 1979. [11346]
§ Mr. McCartneyAccording to figures notified to my Department's Invest in Britain Bureau, the number of projects that have located in Britain since 1979 are as follows:
Total associated jobs (new/safeguarded) by UK region Year Scotland Wales Northern Ireland North-east North-west Y. Humber 1979–80 2,757 854 2,794 1,466 379 1,176 1980–81 4,474 3,332 2,760 2,923 913 890 1981–82 5,756 1,986 2,429 1,021 1,177 167 1982–83 2,258 901 1,893 539 1,291 104 1983–84 8,567 4,029 1,740 1,786 1,823 847 1984–85 8,253 9,412 6,400 2,574 4,544 1,385 1985–86 10,422 4,139 2,078 4,486 4,380 5,265 1986–87 2,608 6,559 3,428 4,593 2,575 786 1987–88 9,892 6,974 2,712 4,005 8,190 2,913 1988–89 5,575 6,259 4,257 3,289 6,368 1,956 1989–90 8,397 9,277 11,395 5,407 13,092 3,358 1990–91 6,629 8,421 2,743 2,811 11,537 11,391 1991–92 4,775 10,829 1,096 6,166 9,982 3,462 1992–93 8,686 7,321 4,099 5,522 4,775 6,815 1993–94 12,274 6,564 3,631 6,237 4,739 6,327 1994–95 10,795 5,235 5,259 9,651 7,564 7,019 1995–96 11,605 9,031 4,451 13,508 5,665 9,531 1996–97 11,997 12,653 7,205 7,563 3,075 5,333 Total 135,720 69,911 70,370 83,547 92,069 68,725 220W
Year West Midlands East Midlands East South-east South-west 1979–80 864 1,174 n/a 908 1,938 1980–81 1,040 276 n/a 1,046 1,008 1981–82 425 290 n/a 967 2,199 1982–83 100 848 n/a 1,300 1,295 1983–84 4,380 1,019 n/a 5,703 909 1984–85 2,280 961 n/a 7,412 2,084 1985–86 8,231 1,134 n/a 9,945 2,077 1986–87 7,534 382 n/a 3,513 973 1987–88 10,699 902 51 16,559 1,158 1988–89 8,792 3,260 50 3,344 513 1989–90 15,778 8,080 320 1,330 1,538 1990–91 12,132 2,061 1,188 25,227 580 1991–92 5,648 424 4,801 3,393 2,980
Number France 237 Germany 471 Japan 498 USA 2,241 Figures are based on information provided by companies at the time of the announcement of the decision to invest. There is no requirement to notify the Department so the figures include only those projects where the IBB and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice. They take no account of subsequent developments.
§ Mr. LuffTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will estimate the number of new jobs created or safeguarded in each region of the United Kingdom attributed to inward investment in each year since 1979. [11196]
§ Mr. McCartneyConsistently comparable figures are available only from 1984–85 onwards. According to my Department's Invest In Britain Bureau, the figures are as follows:
221W
Year West Midlands East Midlands East South-east South-west 1992–93 4,237 588 10,995 7,340 1,280 1993–94 46,439 3,428 1,713 6,866 2,177 1994–95 12,266 11,670 2,462 18,195 2,093 1995–96 11,501 2,364 2,253 21,798 5,060 1996–97 19,738 6,076 1,395 9,657 9,032 Total 172,084 44,937 25,228 144,503 38,894 n/a = (Not Available) Eastern Region figures counted within south-east figures before 1997–98.
Safeguarded job figures counted only from 1983–84 onwards.
All figures are based on information provided by companies at the time of the announcement of the decision to invest. There is no requirement to notify the Department and so the figures include only those projects where the IBB and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice. They take no account of subsequent developments.
§ Mr. GrieveTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how much inward investment the United Kingdom attracted in each year since 1979 in terms of(a) total investment expenditure at current prices, (b) the number of individual inward investment projects and (c) the number of jobs created or safeguarded as a result. [10979]
§ Mr. McCartney[holding answer 28 July 1997]: Consistently comparable figures are available only from 1984–85 onwards. According to my Department's Invest in Britain Bureau the number of inward investment successes are as follows:
Year Number of projects Total number of jobs Total investment £ billion (at current prices) 1984–85 349 44,972 1.4 1985–86 420 52,157 1.8 1986–87 356 32,951 1.5 1987–88 363 64,060 2.2 1988–89 348 43,633 2.8 1989–90 374 77,992 5.4 1990–91 364 84,720 3.8 1991–92 353 53,626 3.2 1992–93 334 61,667 2.5 1993–94 433 100,395 4.3 1994–95 454 92,048 8.3 1995–96 495 97,782 7.5 1996–97 483 93,724 9.3 Project successes recorded: The figures above are based on information provided by companies at the time of the announcement of the decision to invest. There is no requirement to notify the Department and so the figures include only those projects where the IBB and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice. They take no account of subsequent developments.
Total investment figures: The total investment figure is based on the information provided by companies. However, some companies do not wish to provide this information. Therefore, the figures above are not complete and only an indicator of the amount of investment into the UK.