§ David BurnsideTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much Government investment in the(a)manufacturing and (b)non-manufacturing sector there was per employee in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [173649]
§ Mr. GardinerThe principal forms of Government support for the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors of industry are provided by Invest NI and its predecessor agencies and the table therefore provides details of the assistance offered by Invest NI, the Industrial Development Board and the Local Enterprise Development Unit to their respective client companies. The assistance is expressed as a per capita amount offered, per employee in client companies in each of the respective sectors.
The figures relate to assistance offered to companies in relation to business development projects as this represents the major form of funding provided. Providing equivalent figures relating to all other forms of assistance offered by these agencies could be provided
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Projects £ million 1994–95 Nil 1995–96 St. Columb's College, Londonderry New build extension 11.5 1995–96 St. Columb's College, Londonderry New build extension 11.5 1996–97 Limavady GS New build extension 6.4 Grosvenor GS, Belfast New build extension and refurbishment 4.4 1997–98 Lumen Christi College, Londonderry New build extension and refurbishment 5.1 1998–99 Aquinas GS, Belfast New school 10.1 1999–2000 Wellington College, Belfast New school 6.4 Glenlola Collegiate, Bangor New school 11.9 Thornhill College, Londonderry Phase 1 of new school 10.6 St. Patrick's GS, Armagh Phase 1 extension 1.8 Royal School, Dungannon New build extension and refurbishment 8.0 2000–01 Regent House School, Newtownards Phase 1 new build extension 6.7 Antrim Grammar School New build extension and refurbishment 7.7 Dominican College, Belfast New build extension and refurbishment 13.1 Mount Lourdes GS, Enniskillen New build extension and sports hall 6.3 2001–02 Rathmore GS, Belfast New school 17.0 Convent GS, Strabane Amalgamation with St. Colman's HS and Convent of Mercy 20.0 HS to form new school 2002–03 Our Lady and St. Patrick's College Knock, Belfast New school 17.7 St. Patrick's GS, Downpatrick New school 11.8 Thornhill College, Londonderry Phase 2 of new school 4.1 Regent House School, Newtownards Phase 2 of extension and refurbishment 8.9 only at disproportionate cost. The information in the table is restricted to the five year period from 1998–99 to 2002–03 as meaningful comparative data are not available for earlier years and are not yet available for 2003–04.
Invest NI assistance offered per client company employee: 1998–99 to 2002–03 Manufacturing Non-manufacturing 1998–99 583 1,571 1999–2000 705 1,740 2000–01 533 2,068 2001–02 476 723 2002–03 646 636