§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the Northern Ireland share of Inward Investment projects coming into the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years as measured by(a) the number of projects and (b) number of jobs to be created. [35173]
§ Mr. AncramThe inward investment projects secured by the Industrial Development Board over the past 10 years are set out in the table and are shown as a percentage of projects notified to the Department of Trade and Industry's Invest in Britain Bureau.
Inward Investment projects Jobs promoted UK share Percentage UK share Percentage 1994–1995 10 2.4 1,969 5.4 1993–1994 13 3.1 2,309 5.8 1992–1993 10 3.0 1,945 12.3 1991–1992 11 3.1 430 1.9 1990–1991 13 3.6 1,294 5.4 1989–1990 14 3.8 1,977 5.5 1988–1989 7 2.1 1,856 7.0 1987–1988 12 3.3 867 2.6 1986–1987 21 5.9 799 4.1 1985–1986 22 6.3 813 2.7