§ Mr. DevlinTo aks the President of the Board of Trade how many jobs have been safeguarded in the northern region through offers of regional and regional selective assistance since 1979.
§ Mr. Ian TaylorFor the region covered by the Government office for the north-east, 43,071 jobs were safeguarded through the operation of the regional selective assistance scheme between 1979 and 1994. The principal criteria for the regional development grants schemes related to the level of capital expenditure not the number of jobs safeguarded. The first RDG scheme closed for applications on 28 November 1985 and the second on 31 March 1988.
§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many trading companies are based in the northern region of England; and what was the figure in 1978.
§ Mr. Ian TaylorFor the region covered by the Government office for the north-east, there were 43,222 VAT registered companies trading on 31 December 1993, the latest available figures. On 31 December 1979—the first year that figures were collated—there were 37,436 VAT registered companies trading in the region.
§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will list the companies which have located in the northern region since 1979 which have received Government assistance together with the amount of Government assistance each received at 1995 prices and an estimate of the jobs created or safeguarded, and from which country each company came;
(2) if he will list the overseas inward investment in the northern region since 1979 by (a) company, (b) amount of Government assistance at 1995 prices and (c) direct jobs created.
§ Mr. Ian TaylorThe information for the period 1985–94 is in the tables. The figures cover all new investments, a total of 67 projects, which received regional selective assistance, regional development grants and/or regional enterprise grants. These projects were drawn from a list of 376 projects including new investment, expansions, joint ventures and acquisitions.
It has not been possible to produce figures for 1979 to 1985 as records for that period are incomplete, unavailable or have been destroyed.
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Jobs expected Company Country of origin Original assistance offered £000 Value at * 1995 prices New Safeguarded Labelling Dynamics Ltd. Denmark 137 211.4 23 Multiman (N'cle) Ltd. Norway 40 61.7 25 Ikeda Hoover Japan 483 745.3 161 Microclad France 500 771.5 88 Tomado Belgium 10 15.4 6 Totals 6,036 9,313.5 932 0 Year: 1986 Helena Laboratories (UK) Ltd. United States America 100 149.3 25 Transfer All Purpose Foils United States America 819 1,222.8 130 RB Bolton(Mining Eng) Ltd. Europe 150 224.0 35 Grorud Industries Norway 335 500.2 75 Calsonic Japan 33 49.3 11 Totals 1,437 2,145.4 276 0 Year: 1987 Amdega Isle of Man 70 100.3 20 Fox Valley Systems United States America 130 186.3 12 Key Tech United States America 1,980 2,837.3 260 Mitsumi Japan 894 1,281.1 298 SMK (UK) Ltd. Japan 690 988.8 230 F. Fill and Sons Sweden 80 114.6 377 Prom Denmark 976 1,398.6 60 Totals 4,820 6,907.1 1,257 0 Year: 1988 BHK (UK) Ltd. West Germany 200 273.2 50 TRW Repa West Germany 750 1,024.5 250 Intertractor West Germany 500 683.0 50 Jotron (UK) Ltd. Norway 115 157.1 30 Lintron Electronics Sweden 90 122.9 30 Glassfibre Flagpoles Ltd. Sweden 20 27.3 5 North Salmon Smokery Ltd. Norway 387 528.6 162 Gliderol Roller Doors Australia 144 196.7 48 Winchmore Knitting Hong Kong 1,050 1,434.3 350 Sanyo Japan 1,407 1,922.0 469 Goldstar South Korea 1,171 1,599.6 330 Swilynn Hong Kong 4,550 6,215.3 505 Cookson Enteck United States America 660 901.6 66 Totals 11,044 15,086.1 2,345 0 Year: 1989 TRW Transportation Electronics United States America 360 456.1 120 Fujitsu Japan 30,000 38,010.0 1,626 Cookson Fukuda Ltd. Japan 1,010 1,279.7 115 Hashimoto Forming Co. Ltd. Japan 1,500 1,900.5 135 T T Coil UK Ltd. Denmark 460 582.8 75 Totals 33,330 42,229.1 2,071 0 Year: 1990 Magneco Metrel United States America 300 347.4 51 TRW Valves United States America 4,500 5,211.0 225 Schurpack UK) Ltd. Denmark 850 984.3 104 Marley Kansei Ltd. Japan 846 979.7 77 Calsonic Automotive Products Japan 427 494.5 48 Inkel Corporation Korea 553 640.4 60 Totals 7,476 8,657.2 565 0 Year: 1991 Manhattan Kids United States America 25 26.4 17 Lego Fact Sweden 12 12.6 12 Lite-On (NPE) Ltd. Taiwan 90 94.9 85 Totals 127 133.9 114 0
Jobs expected Company Country of origin Original assistance offered £000 Value at * 1995 prices New Safeguarded Year: 1992 Tallent Eng Ltd. Germany 700 737.8 199 Vynapoint Ltd. Germany 15 15.8 6 Samsung Electronic Manuf (UK) Ltd. Korea 3,000 3,162.0 290 Onwa Electronics Hong Kong 3,250 3,425.5 280 Totals 6,965 7,341.1 775 0 Year: 1993 Starpak Inc. United States America 95 98.6 70 Whiting Co. United States America 90 93.4 10 Production Services United States America 25 26.0 10 Technotype Ltd. United States America 6.7 7.0 5 Matrixx Marketing Inc. United States Amercia 95 98.6 65 Europa Magnetics Corporation Korea 8,250 8,563.5 550 Siam Furniture Thailand 3 3.1 22 Lineraid Ltd. Hong Kong 160 166.1 89 Totals 8,629.7 8,957.6 751 0 Year: 1994 Camrex Inc. United States America 500 506.5 56 TRW Transportation Electronics Ltd. United States America 1,500 1,519.5 136 Nippon Silica Glass Japan 250 253.3 18 3 L. N. P. Plastics Japan 450 455.9 40 Lucas SEI Wiring Systems Ltd. Japan 980 992.7 650 Goldstar Electric (UK) Ltd. Korea 4,000 4,052.0 431 44 Samsung Electronics Manuf (UK) Ltd. Korea 10,500 10,636.5 900 Totals 18.18 18,416.3 2.231 47