§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the number of jobs created or safeguarded by inward investment in Wales in each year since 1992–93; and if he will make a statement. [34947]
§ Mr. EggarI refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave on 18 July to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley).
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give for each of the statistical regions of England the share of all inward investment projects coming to the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years as measured by(a) numbers of projects and (b) numbers of jobs to be created. [35170]
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 18 July 1995]: For the financial years 1984–85 to 1994–95 the proportion of inward investment decisions and number of jobs created in each of the regions of England are as follows: 1567W
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Region Percentage of projects Percentage jobs created 1984–85 East Midlands 2.5 2.2 North east 8.3 5.6 North west 13.4 7.7 South east 21.2 23.6 South west 4.2 5.3 West Midlands 6.3 7.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 3.7 1.0 1985–86 East Midlands 5.4 3.7 North east 6.1 7.5 North west 9.2 8.5 South east 22.3 14.4 South west 4.3 7.0 West Midlands 19.7 21.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 3.5 7.7 1986–87 East Midlands 2.8 1.9 North east 10.6 13.1 North west 6.7 6.0 South east 18.5 12.1 South west 3.0 2.2 West Midlands 18.8 27.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 5.6 1.8 1987–88 East 0.5 0.08 East Midlands 3.3 1.4 North east 6.0 10.3 North west 9.0 5.7 South east 16.2 29.7 South west 3.0 2.6 West Midlands 17.6 10.4 Yorkshire and Humberside 7.4 5.7 1988–89 East 0.2 0.06 East Midlands 6.3 5.1 North east 10.6 10.1 North west 11.4 7.5 South east 9.7 9.0 South west 1.7 1.4 West Midlands 21.2 14.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 6.6 6.5 1989–90 East 0.8 0.8 East Midlands 3.4 9.1 North east 10.4 11.1 North west 16.0 8.5 South east 4.0 2.1 South west 1.6 4.1 West Midlands 25.4 20.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 5.0 5.6 1990–91 East 1.6 1.8 East Midlands 3.2 7.0 North east 10.9 9.0 North west 18.4 9.5 South east 4.6 3.3 South west 0.8 2.4 West Midlands 19.5 19.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 7.1 5.2 1991–92 East 3.1 2.6 East Midlands 1.4 1.3 North east 11.0 16.4 North west 21.2 6.6 South east 8.2 5.1
Region Percentage of projects Percentage jobs created South west 2.5 9.7 West Midlands 13.3 8.4 Yorkshire and Humberside 4.8 7.3 1992–93 East 2.4 2.0 East Midlands 2.1 1.0 North east 10.5 12.9 North west 9.0 5.5 South east 6.0 6.8 South west 2.1 1.5 West Midlands 12.9 8.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 13.2 7.2 1993–94 East 3.2 1.5 East Midlands 5.1 10.5 North east 8.8 7.3 North west 7.4 7.6 South east 4.6 2.9 South west 2.7 3.4 West Midlands 19.4 11.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 9.2 7.6 1994–95 East 2.7 2.2 East Midlands 10.1 8.2 North east 8.7 15.0 North west 11.2 5.3 South east 8.5 8.7 South west 4.8 3.7 West Midlands 14.2 13.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 4.8 6.2
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the number of new and safeguarded jobs brought by inward investors into each of the standard regions of the United Kingdom and for the United Kingdom as a whole for each year since 1992–93; and if he will indicate the percentage of the United Kingdom total for each standard region, and the average increase or decrease in proportional terms of this percentage during the last year. [34858]
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 18 July 1995]: The number of new and safeguarded jobs associated with inward investment decisions in each of the regions of the United Kingdom for each year since 1992–93 are as follows:
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Region New jobs (percentage) Safeguarded jobs (percentage) 1992–93 East 363 (2.0) 10,632 (24.2) East Midlands 183 (1.0) 405 (0.9) North east 2,312 (12.9) 3,210 (7.3) Northern Ireland 2,742 (15.3) 1,357 (3.0) North west 992 (5.5) 3,763 (8.5) Scotland 4,497 (25.2) 4,198 (9.5) South east 1,212 (6.8) 6,128 (13.9) South west 285 (1.5) 995 (2.2) Wales 2,382 (13.3) 4,949 (11.2) West Midlands 1,568 (8.7) 2,669 (6.0) Yorkshire and Humberside 1,286 (7.2) 5,529 (12.6) Total 17,822 43,825
Region New jobs (Percentage) Safeguarded jobs (Percentage) 1993–94 East 482 (1.5) 1,231 (1.7) East Midlands 3,218 (10.5) 210 (0.3) North east 2,256 (7.3) 3,981 (5.7) North Ireland 3,030 (9.9) 601 (0.8) North west 2,322 (7.6) 2,312 (3.3) Scotland 7,635 (24.9) 4,639 (6.6) South east 916 (2.9) 5,950 (8.5) South west 1,065 (3.4) 1,112 (1.5) Wales 3,913 (12.8) 2,651 (3.8) West Midlands 3,370 (11.0) 42,069 (61.7) Yorkshire and Humberside 2,329 (7.6) 3,998 (5.7) UK total 30,536 69,754
Region New jobs (Percentage) Percentage of change Safeguarded jobs (Percentage) Percentage of change 1994–95 East 842 (2.2) +1.7 1,620 (3.1) +1.4 East Midlands 3,028 (8.2) -2.3 8,642 (16.9) +16.6 North east 5,550 (15.0) +7.7 3,649(7.1) +1.4 Northern Ireland 3,138 (8.5) -1.4 2,008 (3.9) +3.1 North west 1,956 (5.3) -2.3 5,267 (10.3) +7.0 Scotland 7,678 (20.8) -14.1 3,117 (6.0) -0.6 South east 3,213 (8.7) -5.8 14,775 (28.8) +20.3 South west 1,386 (3.7) +0.3 707 (1.3) -0.2 Wales 2,989 (8.1) -4.7 2,014 (3.9) +0.1 West Midlands 4,797(13.0) +2.0 7,469 (14.6) -47.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,299 (6.2) -1.4 1,865 (3.6) -2.1 UK total 36,876 51,133 The unsually high number of safeguarded jobs for the west midlands in 1993–94 includes those arising from BMW/Rover.
The figures are based on the number of projects notified to the Invest in Britain Bureau at the time of the decision to invest. Companies are under no obligation to notify their investment decisions and the figures take not account of subsequent developments.