§ Mr. CoxTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what has been the breakdown of jobs created in the Greater London area from inward investment in each of the last three years; [24528]
Year Number of projects Number of new jobs Number of safeguarded jobs Total number of associated jobs Total investment £000 1996–97 40 2,651 1,205 3,856 123,160,000 1995–96 23 2,588 2,235 4,823 96,754,000 1994–95 2 27 0 27 — The figures are based on information provided by companies at the time of announcement of the decision to invest.
There is no requirement to notify the Department of Trade and Industry and so the figures include only those projects where the Invest in Britain Bureau (IBB) and its regional partners (LFC) were involved or which have come to their notice.