§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the numbers of jobs that were(a) created and (b) safeguarded as a result of Invest-UK activities in each year between 2000 and 2003. [174690]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe following figures are UK Trade and Investment's assisted inward investors' estimates of job creation in the first three years of their investments:
Jobs created Jobs safeguarded 2000–01 15,857 6,624 2001–02 4,299 1,252 2002–03 5,669 3,048 In addition UKTI provides funding to the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), and publicises the UK generally as a good destination for inward investors. Inward investors' estimates of the total number of jobs created and safeguarded is as follows:
Jobs created Jobs safeguarded 2000–01 71,168 52,359 2001–02 35,362 24,069 2002–03 34,850 20,265