HC Deb 24 January 1996 vol 270 c277W
Rev. William McCrea

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what jobs have been announced by the Department of Economic Development since the ceasefire in each of the 17 Ulster constituencies. [10574]

Mr. Ancram

The Industrial Development Board has made a series of job announcements since the terrorist ceasefires. Details are as follows:

Jobs announced by IDB since 1 September 1994, by Parliamentary Constituency
Constitueocy Jobs
East Antrim 409
North Antrim
South Antrim 575
Belfast East
Belfast North 106
Belfast South 20
Belfast West 498
North Down 119
South Down
Farmanagh and South Tyrone 667
Foyle 860
Lagan Valley 1,581
East Londonderry 81
Mid Ulster 218
Newry and Armagh 771
Strangford
Upper Bann 1,111
Total 7,016

An additional 316 jobs have been announced but no definite location is yet known.