HC Deb 09 March 1989 vol 148 c624W
25. Mr. McGrady

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each year from 1984 to 1988 the number of occasions when the Industrial Development Board and Local Enterprise Development Unit brought potential investing companies to South Down for the purposes of new development and job creation; and to what bodies or persons they were introduced.

Mr. Viggers

Since 1984, the industrial development board has accompanied potential inward investors on 15 visits to the hon. Gentleman's constituency as follows:

Number
1984 1
1985 3
1986 1
1987 4
1988 4

In 1989 there have so far been two such visits. The visitors met local business men, and inspected industrial estates, port, training and employment service facilities in the area. The role of the local enterprise development unit is to support locally based projects.