HC Deb 28 January 1992 vol 202 cc534-5W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, further to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) of 20 January,Official Report, column 3, on inward investment, what share each county, or other convenient sub-division, received of the projects and promised jobs.

Mr. David Hunt

The projects recorded for each county are as follows:

County Projects Total jobs
Clwyd 48 3,052
Dyfed 8 1,290
Gwent 45 3,948
Gwynedd 15 1,579
Powys 3 120
Mid Glamorgan 31 4,705
South Glamorgan 21 1,310
West Glamorgan 12 1,056
TOTAL 183 17,060

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales further to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) of 20 January,Official Report, column 3, on inward investment, whether the figures for projects and jobs arising from inward investment in 1991 includes any netting off of the effects of disinvestments or closures by previous flows of inward investment.

Mr. David Hunt

No.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales further to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) of 20 January,Official Report, column 3, on inward investment, what proportion of the projects and jobs promised is related to (a) acquisition of businesses or business premises already in existence in Wales and (b) construction and development of new business premises.

Mr. David Hunt

The 1991 figures include 12 acquisitions—6.5 per cent.—involving 3,839 jobs—22.5 per cent. Records are not kept of the proportion of projects that involve new building.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales further to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) of 20 January,Official Report, column 3, on inward investment, which of the projects recorded were from (a) firms from overseas new to Wales, (b) firms from overseas already established in Wales, (c) from the rest of the United Kingdom new to Wales and (d) firms from the rest of the United Kingdom already established in Wales; and how many jobs are promised in each case, distinguishing between those to be (i) created and (ii) safeguarded.

Mr. David Hunt

The information requested is as follows:

Projects New Jobs Safeguarded Jobs
(a) 36 2,659 26
(b) 40 3,708 2,385
(c) 55 1,456 12
(d) 33 1,996 352

The remainder of the 183 projects recorded during 1991 were acquisitions—12 projects, 64 new jobs, 3,775 safeguarded jobs—and joint ventures—seven projects, 255 new jobs, 372 safeguarded jobs.

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