HC Deb 09 February 1989 vol 146 cc783-4W
Dr. Godman

To 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.

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