HC Deb 16 April 1991 vol 189 cc170-3W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show(a) the number of jobs created in each local government area in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years by (i) the Local Enterprise Development Unit and (ii) the Industrial Development Board, (b) the cost per job created in each case, (c) the total expenditure and (d) the employment sector in which such jobs were created.

Mr. Needham

The information cannot be supplied in the form requested as figures on job creations are not available. However, table A shows the number of jobs promoted by LEDU and IDB in each local government area in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. Tables B to D also show for the same period the average cost per job promoted, the financial assistance offered by LEDU and IDB to promote these jobs and the employment sectors in which the jobs were promoted. The figures in tables B to D relate to Northern Ireland as a whole as this information is not available by local government area.

Table A Jobs promoted by LEDU in Northern Ireland according to local government area
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Antrim 26 112 80 127 220
Ards 118 214 55 107 100
Armagh 105 91 122 107 297
Ballymena 105 77 143 100 160
Ballymoney 7 11 30 39 48
Banbridge 27 37 10 67 66
Belfast 789 828 938 1,108 1,510
Carrickfergus 113 157 246 207 103
Castlereagh 32 26 70 60 13
Coleraine 185 140 168 61 123
Cookstown 84 98 61 126 40
Craigavon 197 325 218 281 232
Down 139 222 172 120 190
Dungannon 267 336 201 311 252
Fermanagh 101 196 62 164 200
Larne 34 37 42 85 46
Limavady 44 23 28 80 28
Lisburn 152 163 112 115 256
Londonderry 273 248 361 326 540
Magherafelt 152 111 116 87 108
Moyle 13 57 13 10 16
Newry and Mourne 276 300 347 440 425
Newtonabbey 135 161 103 115 189
North Down 300 105 139 137 154
Omagh 89 83 87 136 163
Strabane 125 86 123 65 31
Total 3,888 4,244 4,047 4,581 5,510
Table A (Continued) Jobs promoted by IDB in Northern Ireland according to local government areas
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Antrim 30 477 364 712 798
Ards 155 247 298 164 67
Armagh 28 137 51 110 34
Ballymena 71 8 187 90 206
Ballymoney 17 35 35 16 40
Banbridge 24 15 — 99 —
Belfast 94 279 92 303 601
Carrickfergus 21 15 103 452 100
Castlereagh 141 168 124 95 404
Coleraine 185 88 254 115 127
Cookstown 28 — — 16 70
Craigavon 506 434 808 169 417
Down 10 67 108 318 24
Dungannon 94 102 400 108 136
Fermanagh 162 35 245 296 76
Lame — 22 127 148 78
Limavady 75 — 80 — —
Lisburn 232 255 123 1,039 85
Londonderry 650 227 393 432 827
Magherafelt — 21 101 155 53
Moyle — 52 — — —
Newry and Moume 70 28 446 82 32
Newtownabbey 198 1,178 523 720 743
North Down 74 75 108 14 147
Omagh 20 32 — — 36
Strabane 25 190 330 — 30
Total 2,910 4,187 5,300 5,653 5,131
Table B The average cost per job promoted
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
LEDU 4,758 4,461 4,505 4,504 4,115
IDB 15,263 11,418 11,637 15,393 16,177
Table C Total assistance offered £(000)
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
LEDU 18,499 18,933 18,233 20,634 22,674
IDB 44,418 47,809 61,676 86,886 76,533
Table D Jobs promoted by employment sector
LEDU
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Engineering 731 639 722 765 740
Wood/furniture 347 237 324 457 507
Clothing/Textiles 356 364 441 320 461
Food/fish/drink 690 467 560 706 597
Other 1,764 2,537 2,000 2,333 3,205
IDB
Engineering 465 1,678 836 2,720 1,528
Textiles 391 570 1,029 612 1,164
Clothing 803 507 810 616 256
Food processing 401 540 1,452 618 507
Other manufacturing 785 714 1,121 1,017 999
Tradeable services 65 178 52 70 677

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