§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list by constituency the number of(a) first visits and (b) repeat visits by potential inward investors and industrialists to Northern Ireland during the period 1 April 1995 to 31 March 1996. [28979]
§ Sir John WheelerThis information is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Information on visits to Northern Ireland by potential investors and industrialists is recorded by district council area. A breakdown, on this basis, for the period requested is attached.
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First and repeat visits to Northern Ireland—1 April 1995 to 31 March 1996 District council 1Potential investors 2Industrialists First Repeat First Repeat Antrim 13 10 8 — Ards 1 2 4 — Armagh — 1 — — Ballymena 2 1 4 — Ballymoney 1 — — — Banbridge 2 1 — — Belfast 117 75 19 — Carrick 5 2 9 1 Castlereagh 7 2 13 1 Coleraine 1 2 4 — Cooks town 6 10 — — Craigavon 15 2 — 1 Derry 23 10 4 — Down 2 2 — — Dungannon 3 6 4 1 Fermanagh 5 7 4 — Larne 2 1 5 1 Limavady 0 2 — — Lisburn 27 18 — — Magherafelt — 4 — 1 Moyle — — — — Newry and Mourne 12 6 — — Newtownabbey 15 9 17 2 North Down 9 4 3 1
First and repeat visits to Northern Ireland—1 April 1995 to 31 March 1996 District council 1Potential investors 2Industrialists First Repeat First Repeat Omagh 2 4 — — Strabane 4 7 — — Total 274 188 98 9 1 Potential Investors are defined as companies which visited Northern Ireland as a potential location for a mobile investment project. 2 Industrialists are defined as companies which have visited Northern Ireland on a general fact finding basis, not related to a specific investment project—for example, inward missions from the Invest in Britain Bureau.