Written question asked by Robert Banks (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 March 1997. It was answered by Greg Knight (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 March 1997 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: What estimate he has made of the number of jobs created through inward investment by overseas companies in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) the North of England during the last five years.

Answer: Mr. Robert Banks: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of the number of jobs created through inward investment by overseas companies in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) west Yorkshire and (c) the north of England during the last five years. [20684] Mr. Knight: We expect 11,671 new jobs to arise from inward investment projects in the north of England notified to the Invest In Britain Bureau where decisions were taken during the financial year 1995-96. These figures are a combination of returns from north-east England, north-west England and Yorkshire and the Humber. The Yorkshire and Humberside development agency has estimated that the number of jobs created through inward investment was 80 in North Yorkshire and 1,619 in west Yorkshire.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 20684; 292 c630-1W;292 c631W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Job creation Foreign investment in UK Yorkshire and the Humber North of England
Contains statistics: Yes