§ Caroline FlintTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the levels of inward investment into(i) the South East Government Office Region, (ii) the West Midlands Government Office
Region Number of Projects Number of new jobs Number of safeguarded jobs Number of associated jobs South East 1993–94 20 916 5,950 6,866 1994–95 37 3,248 14,895 18,143 1995–96 50 5,385 13,482 18,867 1996–97 46 3,775 2,756 6,531 1997–98 56 5,534 7,442 12,976 West Midlands 1993–94 84 3,370 46,069 46,439 1994–95 62 4,797 7,469 12,266 1995–96 77 7,072 4,479 11,553 1996–97 76 4,350 15,351 19,701 1997–98 81 5,631 12,546 18,177 Yorkshire and Humber 1993–94 41 2,829 3,998 6,827 1994–95 26 3,152 3,867 7,019 1995–96 45 1,964 7,515 9,479 1996–97 36 1,887 3,503 5,390 1997–98 65 2,874 15,131 18,005