Written question asked by Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 21 April 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 April 1999. It was answered by Donald Dewar (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 April 1999 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

Scottish Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list in date order since 2nd May 1997 each occasion on which Scottish Office ministers have made announcements about the creation or safeguarding of jobs in Scotland indicating (a) the business and the economic sector to which it belongs, (b) its address in Scotland, (c) the number of jobs to be (i) created and (ii) safeguarded, (d) the nature of the assistance offered by the Scottish Office and other Government agencies, (e) the reference number of Scottish Office press notices issued in association with the announcement and (f) the Minister who made the announcement - Inc ref to Scottish office website www.scotland.gov.uk/news/archive.asp, news also in Library and Locate in Scotland website www.lis.org.uk/lisnws.cfm; also ref to Locate in Scotland Annual Review for 1997-98. (Holding answer 26 April 1999).

Answer: Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in date order since 2 May 1997 each occasion on which Scottish Office ministers have made announcements about the creation or safeguarding of jobs in Scotland indicating (a) the business and the economic sector to which it belongs, (b) its address in Scotland, (c) the number of jobs to be (i) created and (ii) safeguarded, (d) the nature of the assistance offered by the Scottish Office and other Government agencies, (e) the reference number of Scottish Office press notices issued in association with the announcement and (f) the Minister who made the announcement. [82184] Mr. Dewar: [holding answer 26 April 1999]: News Releases issued where Ministers have made announcements about creation or safeguarding jobs are available on: 1. The Scottish office website at www.scotland.gov.uk/news/ archive.asp for all news releases issued from October 1997. All Scottish Office news releases are also available in the House of Commons Library. 2. The Locate in Scotland website www.lis.org.uk/lisnws.cfm for news releases relating to inward investment announcements from September 1997. Further information on announcements up to March 1998 is available in the Locate in Scotland Annual Review for 1997-98.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 82184; 330 c174W;330 c176W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Executive agencies Job creation Ministers Scotland Scottish Office