§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will make provision for an investment grant against the purchase of process machinery; and
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1980 and 1981 Manufacturing project investment decisions by foreign owned companies known to IBB In the following table: Projects—includes first time investments, expansions, joint ventures and takeovers Jobs—represents long terms projections of employment Country of Origin U.S.A. West Germany Japan Canada Switzerland Sweden Netherlands France Denmark Norway Belgium Finland Rest of the World Totals North East Projects 11 4 1 — 2 3 1 — 1 5 — — 2 30 Jobs 1,743 459 — — 920 110 65 — 25 254 — — 150 3,726 North West (including Cumbria) Projects 8 7 — 3 2 1 — — 1 — 1 1 1 25 Jobs 912 312 — 1,098 24 60 — — 70 — 50 — — 2,526 Yorkshire and Humberside Projects 9 3 — 2 *½ 3 *2½ 1 1 1 — — — 23 Jobs 585 22 — 38 — 11 149 9 200 14 — — — 1,028 West Midlands Projects 2 4 — — — — — 3 — — — — 1 10 Jobs 250 54 — — — — — 1,200 — — — — 200 1,704 East Midlands Projects 3 1 1 1 *1½ 2 *½ — — — 1 1 — 12 Jobs 86 16 5 18 190 26 30 — — — 60 35 — 466 South West Projects 9 1 1 — — 2 1 — — — — — — 14 Jobs 2,257 — 300 — — 450 — — — — — — — 3,007 London and South East (including East Anglia) Projects 8 14 1 — 1 4 1 2 1 — 1 1 3 37 Jobs 324 299 400 — 120 34 150 — 94 — — 28 350 1,799 Northern Ireland Projects 19 3 — — — — 6 — 1 — — — 4 33 Jobs 4,303 166 — — — — 608 — 3 — — — 197 5,277 Scotland Projects 39 3 2 3 2 — 3 2 1 — — — 2 57 Jobs 8,410 210 679 293 64 — 301 225 — — — — 104 10,286 Wales Projects 9 2 5 4 3 4 1 1 — 1 — — 3 33 Jobs 1.073 70 850 3,365 419 136 — 35 — 17 — — 296 6,261 Totals Projects 117 42 11 13 12 19 16 9 6 7 3 3 16 274 Jobs 19,943 1,608 2,234 4,812 1,737 827 1,303 1,469 392 285 110 63 1,297 36,080 * Includes a joint venture between two foreign companies. whether he will consider making such grant on a two-tiered basis, namely 40 per cent. for British machines and 15 per cent. for imported machines.
§ Mr. MacGregorI have no plans to add to the existing investment allowances and other schemes of industrial assistance for which process machinery may be eligible.