§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will list major inward investment in the Northern region since 1983, giving the cost of each project, the amount of Government grant and the number of jobs involved.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggMajor inward investment decisions announced for the Northern region since 1 January 1983 are as follows:
Major Inward Investments in the Northern Region since 1983 Company Jobs Project Costs £.000 RSA Grant £,000 Hamilton Ltd 217 1,106 225 Tolaram Polymers Ltd 61 14,377 350 Brandtex Ltd 127 347 25 Electrolux Ltd 101 4,060 611 S P Tyres Ltd 450 2,132 Nil Nissan UK Manufacturing Ltd 2,700 349,900 35,000 NSK Bearings Europe Ltd 108 15,093 450 Black and Decker 500 9,760 1,000 Draeger Ltd 128 2,385 266 TC Industries of Europe Ltd 108 5,970 1,295 Tabuchi Electric (UK) Ltd 185 2,983 300 Superbadge Ltd 116 1,402 383 Stewart-Warner Ltd 100 2,470 350 Black and Decker 409 22,000 2,450 British Alcan Aluminium Ltd 367 5,165 1,500 Komatsu Ltd 262 16,500 1,200 Liner Manufacturing Ltd 202 616 200 NSK Bearings Europe Ltd 230 32,000 1,600 THC Fabricators UK Ltd 170 6,151 575 Philips Components Ltd 150 9,909 900 Kodak Ectona Fibres Ltd 237 57,800 2,000 Grove Coles Ltd 294 4,395 800 House of Mayfair 162 6,500 700 Black & Decker 665 9,910 2,000 Key Tech Europe Ltd 260 11,288 1,200 Philips Components 419 4,279 500 F Hills & Sons Ltd 377 820 80 Transfer All Purpose Foils Ltd 130 5,344 819 Swaddlers Ltd 135 8,780 950 Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd 250 5,372 700 Mitsumi Electric 400 2,500 Nil TRW Repa Ltd 250 900 1Nil Northern Contractors Ltd 250 1— Nil Winchmore Knitting Factory Ltd 285 2,600 Nil Goldstar Electric Ltd 330 8,000 Nil Basf Chemicals Ltd 100 6,000 Nil Swilynn (UK) Ltd 505 14,145 2,950 Nissan UK Manufacturing Ltd 1,060 216,000 14,400 Millicom Info Systems Ltd 180 3,047 450 Cookson Fukuda Ltd 79 24,318 650 Millicom Cellular UK Ltd 300 3,558 450 Hashimoto Forming Industry Co Ltd 135 9,850 1,500 Fujitsu Microelectronics Ltd 500 400,000 30,000 3M UK Ltd 112 11,882 1,700 1 Not published. 1. Major inward investment projects have been defined as those first time investment, or expansions of existing investment, by foreign owned companies which involve capital costs of over £5 million 515W and/or the creation or safeguarding of 100 or more jobs.
2. Figures supplied for government grant are for offers of regional Selective Assistance (RSA) accepted by foreign-owned companies since 1 January 1983. Comparable information on other forms of assistance is not readily available. (Not all inward investments receive RSA).
3. In accordance with usual practice the inclusion of individual cases has been restricted to those already announced or published. Details of nine further inward investment projects involving capital spend of £170.4 million and jobs of 3,132 have yet to be published.
4. The Northern Region is the North East Region plus Cumbria.