HC Deb 17 June 1991 vol 193 cc51-3W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list by region, the major investment projects attracted from overseas since 1983, together with the capital cost of each project, and the amount of grant offered.

Mr. Leigh

The tables list by region details of the major investment projects located in Great Britain since 1 January 1983 that have received grant under the regional selective assistance scheme or the revised regional development grants scheme towards the cost of the project. Information on major investment projects supported by the original regional development grants scheme is available only at disproportionate costs. All the projects listed have capital costs of £10 million or over. For projects supported by regional selective assistance, the table shows the amount of grant accepted by the company. For projects supported by regional development grant, the amount of assistance shown is the total amount paid to the company to date.

Regional development grant II
Major inward investments in Great Britain since November 1984
Region and name of company Amount of regional development grant paid £000
North-east
Rohm & Haas (UK) Ltd. 150
NSK Bearings Europe Ltd. 2,390
IKEDA Hoover Ltd. 1,526
Swaddlers Ltd. 666
Komatsu UK Ltd. 2,281
North-west
Nacanco Ltd. 270
News International Newspapers Ltd. 3,610
Yorkshire and Humberside
Ericsson Ltd. 1,955
Scotland
Digital Equipment Scotland Ltd. 3,769

Region and name of company Amount of regional development grant paid £'000
Mitsubishi Electric (UK) Ltd. 939
NEC Semiconductors (UK) Ltd. 1,000
JVC Manufacturers UK Ltd. 1,563
Terex Equipment Ltd. 444
NCR (Manufacturers) Ltd. 1,220
Compaq Computer Ltd. 6,556
Philips Electronic & Associated Industries 846
Caledonian Paper plc 4,260
Isola Werke UK Ltd. 1,688
Wales
Warwick International Ltd. 720
Kimberly-Clark Ltd. 910
Kawneer UK Ltd. 817
Continental Can Co. Ltd. 1,519
Star Micronics Manufacturers Ltd. 1,114
Sharp Electronics (UK) Ltd. 1,638
Hoya Lens (UK) Ltd. 230
Optec D D (UK) Ltd. 438
Pirelli General plc 1,730
Shotton Paper Co. pic 2,000

Regional selective assistance
Major inward investment in Great Britain since January 1983
Region and name of company Amount of RSA accepted £000
East Midlands
Curver Consumer Products Ltd. 1,500
North-East
Cookson Fukuda Ltd. 650
3M UK Holdings Plc. 1,700
Fujitsu Microelectronics Ltd. 30,000
Nissan Motor Manufacturers (UK) Ltd. 14,400
Sterling-Winthrop Group Ltd. 3,382
Swilynn Magnetic Industries Ltd. 2,950
Key-Tech (Europe) Ltd. 1,200
NSK Bearnings Europe Ltd. 1,600
Komatsu Ltd. 1,200
Black & Decker 2,450
NSK Bearings Europe Ltd. 450
Nissan Motor Manufacturers (UK) Ltd. 35,000
Tolaram Polymers Ltd. 350
North-West
Vauxhall Motors Ltd. 8,000
James River Graphics Ltd. 650
Delco Electronics Overseas Corporation 1,274
Shell Chemicals UK Ltd. 630
Dista Products Ltd. 12,500
Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 8,500
International Bio-Synthetics Ltd. 750
Cerestar UK Ltd. 2,322
PPG Glass Fibres Ltd. 7,780
Philips & Du Pont Optical UK Ltd. 3,100
Kodak Ltd. 2,000
South-West
Rank Xerox Ltd. 600
Texas Instruments Ltd. 975
West-Midlands
Makita Electric Works (Japan) 1,000
Bruhl (UK) Ltd. 3,250
NEC Technologies (UK) Ltd. 1,100
NEC Technologies (UK) Ltd. 6,846
Goodyear Great Britain Ltd. 980
Peugeot Talbot Motor Co. Ltd. 1,500
Star Aluminium Co. Ltd. 4,000
Ricoh UK Products Ltd. 900

Region and name of company Amount of RSA accepted £'000
Yorkshire- Humberside
Devalit UK Ltd. 2,000
Mars GB Ltd. 2,400
Wales
Warwick International Ltd. 700
Warwick International Ltd. 1,270
Warner Lambert (UK) Ltd. 2,200
Vanol International Ltd. 600
Sun Valley Poultry Ltd. 2,000
Kronospan Ltd. 914
Kimberly-Clark Ltd. 910
Ford Motor Co. 21,000
Euro DPC Ltd. 1,000
Continental Can Co. Ltd. 400
Autophon (UK) Ltd. 1,250
Alfred Teves Ltd. 2,000
Alcoa Manuf (GB) Ltd. 3,500
Dynoplast Ltd. 1,750
Yuasa Battery (UK) Ltd. 2,100
Sony (UK) Ltd. 4,800
Sony (UK) Ltd. 2,200
Sharp Electronics (UK) Ltd. 2,000
Sharp Electronics (UK) Ltd. 4,901
Matsushita Electronic Components Ltd. 1,000
Matsushita Electric (UK) Ltd. 2,062
Diaplastics (UK) Ltd. 750
Ringshare Ltd. 3,400
Robert Bosch 20,900
Pirelli General Plc. 1,225
Heavy Vine Ltd. 1,455
British Alcan Aluminium PLc. 4,000
Scotland
Motorola Ltd. 34,000
Caledonian Paper plc 7,200
Compaq Computer Manufacturers Ltd. 4,800
National Semiconductor (UK) Ltd. 5,000
IBM UK Ltd. 2,000
Conner Peripherals Inc. 20,000
Digital Equipment Co. Ltd. 10,400
NEC Semiconductors (UK) Ltd. 500
Sun Mirosystems Ltd. 3,900
Ciba-Geigy plc 4,800
Compaq Computer Manufacturers Ltd. 2,825
Digital Equipment Co. Ltd. 1,166
Terex Equipment Ltd. 3,500
Hughes Microelectronics Europa Ltd. 7,688
SEH Europe 4,884
IBM UK Ltd. 800
SCI UK Ltd. 1,200
Motorola Ltd. 2,400
Digital Equipment Co. Ltd. 2,700
Lasa Industries (UK) Ltd. 2,000
NCR (Manufacturers) Ltd. 1,540
OKI (UK) Ltd. 1,655
Hoover (1990) Ltd. 4,500
SCI UK Ltd. 405
Hewlett-Packard Ltd. 1,440
Rohm & Haas (UK) Ltd. 2,400
Compaq Computer Manufacturers Ltd. 400
Seiko Instruments UK Ltd. 1,900
SCI UK Ltd 900
Hewlett-Packard Ltd. 4,000
Roche Products Ltd. 100
Russell Corp UK Ltd. 2,550
Smith & McLaurin Ltd. 855
Kvaerner Govan Ltd. 3,000
Uniroyal Englebert Tyres Ltd. 800
W. L. Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd. 1,630
Forbo-Nairn Ltd. 1,700
Michelin Tyre plc 1,750
JVC Manufacturers UK Ltd. 2,147