§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give, for each year since 1982, the total level of Government financial assistance to private industries in the constituency of Newry and Armagh under aid and job creation schemes; and what is his estimate of the total number of jobs created by this assistance.
§ Mr. Viggers[holding answer 1 November 1988]: The following is the amount of employment-related assistance given by the industrial development agencies in each of the financial years 1982–83 to 1987–88. The statistics for the Industrial Development Board are based on the constituency of Newry and Armagh; those for the Local
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Bill (a) Second Reading Hours Mins (b) Committee Hours Mins (c) Report Hours Mins (d) Third Reading Hours Mins (e) Allocation of time Hours Mins (f) Lords Amendments Hours Mins (g) Total Hours Mins Duchy of Lancaster Bill 0.1 0.29 1.22 — — — 1.52 Local Government 5.29 108.00 12.13 0.25 — 9.07 135.14 Dartford Thurrock Crossing Bill1 2.05 0.50 3.21 — — 0.03 6.19 Public Utility Transfers and Water Charges Bill 4.31 65.20 5.46 0.18 — 0.14 —76.09 Scottish Development Agency Bill2 10.11 1.46 — 0.35 — — 12.32 Enterprise Development Unit are compiled on a local authority basis only and therefore cover the district council areas of Armagh and Newry and Mourne.
IDB (£'000) LEDU (£'000) 1982–83 160 603 1983–84 1,703 1,208 1984–85 4,013 2,378 1985–86 2,399 2,025 1986–87 2,274 1,678 1987–88 7,914 2,012 Firms in receipt of this assistance have contracted to provide or safeguard the following number of jobs:
No. of jobs 1982–83 310 1983–84 1,003 1984–85 929 1985–86 557 1986–87 982 1987–88 1,000