HC Deb 04 November 1997 vol 300 cc129-30W
Mr. Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many jobs were created or secured by inward investment in each North Wales county in each of the last five years. [14211]

Mr. Hain

The following statistics relate to companies' intentions at the time of the decision to invest and do not take account of any subsequent changes. The employment figures—safeguarded and new combined—are forecasts, not actual, and relate to inward investment from elsewhere in the United Kingdom as well as from overseas.

Year 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Clwyd 2,414 3,072 1,256 752 1,337
Gwynedd 1,009 885 654 89 231

Information on a unitary authority basis is not yet available; the statistics are for the areas covered by the former counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd.