§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total number of inward investment projects brought to(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole by Locate in Scotland in each year since 1982, giving the number of jobs involved and the volume of expenditure.
§ Mr. Lang(a) There have been 10 decisions to locate or expand inward investment projects in Greenock and Port Glasgow since 1982. Details of planned investment remain commercial in confidence.
(b) The following table shows the number of decisions to locate or expand inward investment projects in Strathclyde in the years 1982–83 to 1987–88.
Number of Projects Planned jobs Planned investment (millions) 1982–83 15 2,608 98 1983–84 26 2,279 82 1984–85 38 5,801 432 1985–86 33 3,304 315 1986–87 26 2,957 345 1987–88 62 6,302 226 (c) The following table shows the number of decisions to locate or expand inward investment projects in Scotland as announced in the years 1982–83 to 1987–88.
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Number of projects Planned jobs Planned investment (millions) 1982–83 46 5,400 186 1983–84 54 6,900 166 1984–85 69 9,443 689 1985–86 58 8,217 562 1986–87 50 5,084 427 1987–88 88 11,852 337