§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many jobs were lost in each sector of the manufacturing industry in Strangford in each of the last 10 years; and how much government funding was provided to manufacturing industry in each of the last five years. [97668]
Table 1: Total confirmed redundancies in the Newtownards Job Centre area 1997–2003 Manufacturing sector 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 DA Food products; beverages and tobacco 26 23 38 22 1 25 0 DB Textiles and textile products 142 43 50 498 0 0 0 DH Rubber and plastic products 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 DM Transport equipment 0 0 0 0 14 24 0 D Total manufacturing 168 66 88 541 15 49 0
Table 2: Key assistance offered to manufacturing companies in the Strangford constituency for the last 5 years £ million 1997–98 2.57 1998–99 2.99 1999–2000 1.93 2000–01 2.19 2001–02 1.88