HC Deb 16 December 1992 vol 216 cc233-4W
Sir Thomas Arnold

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in Japanese-owned manufacturing industry within the United Kingdom.

Mr. Needham

From information available to my Department, based on estimates given by companies at the time of announcing investments, it is estimated that some 50,000 direct jobs have been created by Japanese manufacturing investment in the United Kingdom.

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