§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether any public funds being put into the proposed successor to the Molins engineering factory at Maydown are being paid on the same terms as funds paid to other engineering firms in Northern Ireland.
§ Dr. BoysonI shall reply to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.
§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons are now employed in general engineering in the Londonderry, East constituency; and what were the numbers in each of 1975, 1980, 1981 and 1983.
§ Dr. BoysonIn 1981 (the latest date for which information is available) there were 1,028 employees in employment in engineering in the Londonderry, East constituency. The corresponding figure for 1975 was 444. Information is not available for the other years requested.
§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums have been paid in grants by the Local Enterprise Development Unit and the Industrial Development Board and their predecessors to engineering 484W firms in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years and to firms in the local government areas of Londonderry, Limavady, Coleraine, Magherafelt and Strabane during the same years.
§ Dr. BoysonInformation in the form requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.