§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if the four member states of Airbus Industrie have yet completed their studies on a new organisational structure; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AtkinsA new management structure for Airbus Industrie, broadly based on the recommendations contained in the 1988 report of the Airbus "Wise Men", was introduced with effect from 1 April 1989. The new structure is intended to strengthen the strategic control of Airbus projects by the four partners in the consortium while, at the same time, placing the senior managers of Airbus Industrie at the centre of all day-to-day operations of particular Airbus programmes. The supervisory board has been streamlined and now consists of five members, the four chairmen of the partner companies and Dr. Friderichs, the chairman of Airbus Industrie. A new seven-man executive board has been constituted for the
Inward Investment into Great Britain 1979–88 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Total Scotland 28 31 28 28 49 74 57 36 31 58 420 Wales 18 16 20 17 31 42 45 49 58 55 351 Northern Ireland 18 20 15 6 11 27 22 18 17 22 176 North East 21 19 14 15 20 29 26 30 31 22 227 North West 9 15 12 14 22 40 28 34 27 24 225 Yorkshire and Humberside 27 17 6 7 10 7 16 11 23 14 138 West Midlands 11 3 7 1 13 14 63 74 59 66 311 East Midlands 15 5 8 13 12 11 19 15 11 16 125 South East 23 23 15 25 59 70 84 60 55 45 459 South West 13 6 8 7 9 14 15 12 11 5 100 United Kingdom1 — — — — — — — — 1 3 4 Total 183 155 133 133 236 328 375 339 324 330 — 1 Investment into more than one region.