§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions the IDB has taken persons and firms considering inward investment to Northern Ireland to(a) each parliamentary constituency and (b) each council area in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years or each of the last three financial years if more convenient. [38086]
§ Mr. IngramThe information required to answer part(a) is not available and would incur disproportionate costs to extract. Visits arranged by IDB to Northern Ireland District Council Areas for potential inward investors in the years 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 are as follows:
Visit to district council areas by potential inward investors 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Antrim 26 18 34 Ards 5 3 10 Armagh 1 1 4 Ballymena 13 3 0 Ballymoney 3 1 3 Banbridge 2 3 1 Belfast 65 55 62 Carrickfergus 13 7 22 Castlereagh 1 8 6 Coleraine 5 3 7 Cookstown 4 17 10 Craigavon 12 16 15 Derry 18 30 32 Down 10 2 3 Dungannon 13 9 4 Fermanagh 3 11 15 Larne 6 4 1 Limavady 3 2 7 Lisburn 19 41 31 Magherafelt 3 4 0 Moyle 0 0 0 Newry & Mourne 15 16 9 Newtownabbey 17 19 22 North Down 4 9 3 Omagh 2 6 8 Strabane 2 9 10 Total 265 297 319