§ Mr. HepburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2 May 1997. [153564]
§ Mr. CabornIt is not possible to quantify the direct effect of all the Department's policies and actions. However we do hold statistical information on the programmes administered by the Department and the expected effects of that funding in the Jarrow constituency are set out in the table.
Nature of funding Regional Selective Assistance Enterprise Grants SMART 1997–98 Number of companies 11 0 0 Amount offered 355,000 0 0 Jobs created 102 0 0 Jobs safeguarded 0 0 0
Company Post Office shareholding per cent. Total investment £ million Date investment completed Citymail Group (Sweden) 11.2 4 Summer 1998 German Parcel (Germany) 100 308 January 1999 Der Kurier (Germany) 100 9 April 1999 Williames Group of Companies (Ireland) 100 10 December 1999 Citipost (Europe, North America, Pacific Rim) 100 28 January 2000 Crie Group (France) 100 15 February 2000 Pakke-Trans A/S (Denmark) 100 20 March 2000 General Parcel Austria & Slovenia 100 14 March 2000 Nederlandse Pakket Dienst (The Netherlands) 100 72 April 2000 Extand SA (France) 100 97 May 2000 Citymail Sweden 67 22 June 2000 Domberger Pakket Dienst (Germany) 100 45 June 2000 Direzione Gruppo Executive SpA (Italy) 49 29 December 2000