§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff are presently employed by the Local Enterprise Development Unit; and what has been the total cost of administering the unit's operation in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. ButlerThe Local Enterprise Development Unit currently employs 83 staff. Administrative costs are contained in LEDU's current expenditure budget which also includes provision for the funding of advisory and other support services. Details of LEDU current expenditure budget for the last five years are:
Current Expenditure 1979–80 756,685 1980–81 894,668 1981–82 1,060,000 1982–83 1,299,000 1983–84 (Budget) 1,650,000
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many jobs have been promoted by the Local Enterprise Development Unit in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. ButlerThe Local Enterprise Development Unit's job promotion figures for each of the last five financial years, are as follows:
Numbers 1979–80 1,317 1980–81 1,055 1981–82 1,613 1982–83 2,550 1983–84 *2,006 * to 30 November 1983.