HC Deb 28 April 1980 vol 983 c382W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many foreign firms have failed in Northern Ireland during the past 10 years; and how much public investment has been lost.

Mr. Giles Shaw

During the years 1970 to 1979 inclusive 19 foreign firms, which had been assisted under the Industries Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, closed in Northern Ireland. The selective financial assistance provided to those firms totalled £3.5 million of which £0.2 million has been recovered to date.