§ Lord Dean of Beswickasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many jobs in each of the last five years have been created by each of the following: (a) the Scottish Development Agency; (b) the Welsh Development Agency; (c) the Northern Ireland Industrial Development Board; (d) their counterparts in the English regions; and what has been the expenditure each year by each of these organisations in order to attract these jobs. [HL2239]
§ The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Clinton-Davis)Comparable information on job creation covering the whole of the UK over this period is only available in respect of inward investment. The following figures of jobs created and safeguarded by inward investment are based on annual results announced by the Invest in Britain Bureau:
Jobs created Jobs safeguarded 1996–97 Scotland 9,928 2,069 Wales 10,397 2,256 Northern Ireland 4,135 3,070 East 925 470 East Midlands 1,306 4,770 London 2,651 1,205 North East 3,089 4,474 North West 1,456 2,332 South East 3,905 1,916 South West 682 4,218 West of England 1,622 2,510 West Midlands 4,387 15,351 Yorkshire & Humberside 1,887 3,503 71WA
Jobs created Jobs safeguarded 1995–96 Scotland 9,092 2,728 Wales 4,429 4,602 Northern Ireland 3,741 710 East 372 1,881 East Midlands 1,437 927 London 2,588 2,235 North East 6,075 7,433 North West 3,622 2,073 South East 5,385 13,482 South West 1,468 742 West of England 250 1,900 West Midlands 7,034 4,467 Yorkshire & Humberside 2,004 7,527 UK 0 1,500 Region not specified 0 120
Jobs created Jobs safeguarded 1994–95 Scotland 7,678 3,117 Wales 3,151 2,084 Northern Ireland 3,251 2,008 East 842 1,620 East Midlands 3,028 8,642 North East 5,780 3,871 North West 1,986 5,417 South East 3,273 14,895 South West 1,386 707 West Midlands 4,797 7,469 Yorkshire & Humberside 3,152 3,867 London 27 0
Jobs created Jobs safeguarded 1993–94 Scotland 7,635 4,639 Wales 3,913 2,651 Northern Ireland 3,030 601 East 482 1,231 East Midlands 3,218 210 North East 2,256 3,981 North West 2,427 2,312 South East 916 5,950 South West 1,065 1,112 West Midlands 3,370 43,069 Yorkshire & Humberside 2,329 3,998
Jobs created Jobs safeguarded 1992–93 Scotland 4,497 4,198 Wales 2,382 4,939 Northern Ireland 2,742 1,357 East 363 10,632 East Midlands 183 405 North East 2,312 3,210 North West 992 3,763 South East 1,212 6,128 South West 285 995 West Midlands 1,568 2,669 Yorkshire & Humberside 1,286 5,229 These figures reflect all inward investment notified to the Invest in Britain Bureau whether or not assisted in any way by regional agencies. It is therefore not possible to provide agency cost figures which bear any meaningful relationship to these job figures.
The range of activities of the agencies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also goes wider than inward investment. Counterpart agencies with a similar range of activities have not existed in the English regions over this five-year period. However, regional development agencies will be created in each of the English regions on 1 April 1999.