§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is for each year since 1981(a) the number of inward investment projects, (b) the total value of investment in real terms and (c) the total number of jobs 69W in Scotland which were dependent on investment from (i) other United Kingdom countries, (ii) the European Union, (iii) the United States of America and (iv) the rest of the world. [76082]
§ Mr. Dewar[holding answer 11 March 1999]: (a) The numbers of inward investment projects since 1981 are given in the table:
Year Number of projects 1981–82 32 1982–83 46 1983–84 54 1984–85 68 1985–86 58 1986–87 50 1987–88 88 1988–89 55 1989–90 64 1990–91 63 1991–92 59 1992–93 65 1993–94 95 1994–95 97 1995–96 84 1996–97 86 1997–98 87 Source:
1981–82 to 1986–87 published in NAO report
1987–88 to date published in LIS Review for that year
(b) This information is not available.
(c) The number of jobs which the inward investment projects attracted to Scotland since April 1981 were expected to create or safeguard is as follows:
Planned jobs (new and safeguarded) Year US Europe1 Asia2 UK Total 1981–82 6,058 752 192 0 7,002 1982–83 4,177 830 320 0 5,327 1983–84 5,094 1,309 431 72 6,906 1984–85 7,495 561 830 557 9,443 1985–86 5,316 1,527 97 1,277 8,217 1986–87 2,694 1,012 128 1,250 5,084 1987–88 3,581 2,192 2,113 3,333 11,219 1988–89 2,358 972 940 2,819 7,089 1989–90 6,255 462 632 4,940 12,289 1990–91 1,760 1,135 2,154 5,195 10,244 1991–92 3,026 1,138 431 1,407 6,002 1992–93 3,919 1,387 668 2,085 8,059 1993–94 5,464 1,399 1,074 3,135 11,072 1994–95 5,738 1,233 2,259 3,099 12,329 1995–96 4,065 1,627 4,466 2,402 12,560 1996–97 4,933 1,231 3,636 4,495 14,295 1997–98 6,578 2,586 531 8,252 17,947 Total 78,511 21,353 20,902 44,318 Grand total 165,084 1 Includes non EC countries 1 Far East and Rest of World Source:
1981–82 to 1986–87 published in NAO report
1987–88 to date published in LIS Review for that year
The above figures are based on information provided by the companies involved themselves when the investment decision was taken and take no account of subsequent developments. As a general rule of thumb, two thirds of announced jobs are actually created.
70WFrom 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.