HC Deb 14 April 1993 vol 222 cc642-7W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show for each council area the number of visits sponsored by the Industrial Development Board by prospective investors, together with the sums invested in(a) manufacturing industry, (b) service industry and (c) banking, in each such area in each of the last three years for which figures are available, by (i) overseas investors, (ii) United Kingdom investors, (iii) Northern Ireland investors and (iv) investors from the Republic of Ireland or as much of such information as is available.

Mr. Atkins

Details of visits by prospective investors and planned investments in manufacturing industry and tradeable services are set out in the tables. There have been no investments by the banking sector.

Visits by prospective investors
District councils 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Antrim 61 81 38
Ards 3 9 5
Armagh 3 2 3
Ballymena 3 10 3
Ballymoney 1 1 4
Banbridge 1
Belfast 188 213 141
Carrickfergus 13 19 7
Castlereagh 9 14 8
Coleraine 4 28 4
Cookstown 1
Craigavon 14 12 15
Derry 23 28 23
Down 4 4 6
Dungannon 1 1 3
Fermanagh 1 1 4
Larne 11 10 5
Limavady 2 1 2
Lisburn 10 12 11
Magherafelt 1 1
Moyle 1 1
Newry and Mourne 4 4 10
Newtownabbey 40 46 30
North Down 10 25 7
Omagh 4 1
Strabane 3 1
TOTAL 415 522 333

Planned investment in manufacturing industry 1990–91
£ thousands
District councils Overseas GB NI ROI Totals
Antrim 2,178 2,178
Ards 623 729 1,352
Armagh 2,846 2,846
Ballymena 60,449 1,221 61,670
Ballymoney 11,777 9,653 623 22,053
Banbridge 4,875 4,875
Belfast 22,220 809 3,809 733 27,571
Carrickfergus 1,214 1,214
Castlereagh 3,810 3,810
Coleraine 1,117 1,117
Cookstown
Craigavon 35,747 3,428 28,711 853 68,739
Derry 4,035 356 11,235 15,626
Down 459 459
Dungannon 63 18,864 18,927
Fermanagh 3,725 2,571 6,296
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn 1,757 13,586 15,343
Magherafelt 1,240 4,117 5,357
Moyle 12,021 12,021
Newry and Mourne 6,129 1,093 7,222
Newtownabbey 1,516 1,516
North Down 4,073 2,282 6,355
Omagh 4,688 4,688
Strabane 13,445 478 13,923
TOTALS 148,112 45,047 107,364 4,635 305,158

Planned investment in tradeable services
£ thousands
District councils Overseas GB NI ROI Totals
Antrim 1,152 1,152
Ards
Armagh
Ballymena 86 86
Ballymoney
Banbridge
Belfast 1.520 1,849 3,369
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Coleraine
Cookstown
Craigavon 219 219
Derry
Down
Dungannon
Fermanagh
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn
Magherafelt
Moyle
Newry and Mourne 3,733 3,733
Newtownabbey 949 949
North Down
Omagh
Strabane
TOTALS 3,733 2,555 2,068 1,152 9,508

Planned Investment in Manufacturing Industry 1991–92
£ thousands
District Councils Overseas GB NI ROI Totals
Antrim 900 900
Ards 2,837 5,404 8,241
Armagh 4,574 4,574
Ballymena 1,810 1,315 3,125
Ballymoney 10,722 826 11,548
Banbridge 3,489 3,489

District Councils Overseas GB NI ROI Totals
Belfast 5,386 4,666 4,450 14,502
Carrickfergus 210 210
Castlereagh 4,870 1,592 6,462
Coleraine 3,774 2,649 6,423
Cookstown
Craigavon 6,029 19,603 84,561 4,812 115,005
Derry 3,627 1,815 5,442
Down 1,390 1,390
Dungannon 5,379 5,379
Fermanagh 6,217 3,735 9,952
Larne 221 221
Limavady
Lisburn 7,345 2,727 10,072
Magherafelt 657 657
Moyle
Newry and Mourne
Newtownabbey 11,897 4,270 16,167
North Down 13,419 200 1,481 15,100
Omagh
Strabane
TOTALS 44,789 53,604 131,204 9,262 238,859

Planned investment in tradeable services 1991–92
£ thousands
District councils Overseas GB NI ROI Totals
Antrim
Ards
Armagh
Ballymena
Ballymoney
Banbridge
Belfast 1,253 317 1,570
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Coleraine
Cookstown
Craigavon
Derry
Down
Dungannon
Fermanagh
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn
Magherafelt
Moyle
Newry and Mourne
Newtownabbey
North Down
Omagh
Strabane
TOTALS 1,253 317 1,570

Planned investment in manufacturing industry 1992–93 (to end February 1993) £ thousands
District councils Overseas GB NI ROI Totals
Antrim 56,717 1,012 1,600 59,329
Ards 896 6,084 6,980
Armagh 1,610 1,610
Ballymena 4,954 1,741 1,789 8,484
Ballymoney 2,075 2,075
Banbridge
Belfast 275 4,859 5,134
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh 10,653 10,653
Coleraine
Cookstown
Craigavon 23,433 950 12,429 2,164 38,976
Derry 69,984 2,512 72,496
Down

District councils Overseas GB NI ROI Totals
Dungannon 705 1,176 1,881
Fermanagh 3,081 3,228 6,309
Larne 1,359 1,359
Limavady
Lisburn 7,974 2,026 10,000
Magherafelt
Moyle
Newry and Mourne 1,336 1,458 3,012 5,806
Newtownabbey
North Down
Omagh 577 577
Strabane 10,797 10,797
TOTALS 165,741 32,201 39,348 5,176 242,466

Planned investment in tradeable services 1992–93 (to end February 1993)
£ thousands
District councils Overseas GB NI ROI Totals
Antrim 2,107 2,107
Ards
Armagh
Ballymena
Ballymoney
Banbridge
Belfast 10,543 934 11,477
Carrickfergus 260 260
Castlereagh
Coleraine
Cookstown
Craigavon
Derry
Down
Dungannon
Fermanagh 2,349 2,349
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn
Magherafelt
Moyle
Newry and Mourne
Newtownabbey
North Down
Omagh
Strabane
TOTALS 15,259 934 16,193

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