AQW 21911/11-15


Mr Colum Eastwood
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Foyle


Tabled Date: 17/04/2013
Answered On Date: 30/04/2013
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to detail the number of new jobs created through inward investment projects supported by InvestNI during the 2012/13 financial year, broken down by constituency; and what each figure represents as a percentage of the total number of new jobs created by inward investment projects during that period.


Revised Answer:
The table below presents the number, and percentage, of new jobs promoted by inward-investment projects supported by Invest NI during 2012/13, broken down by Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituency Area (PCA).
Invest NI New Jobs Promoted by Externally-Owned Clients (2012-13)
PCA
No
%
BELFAST EAST
54
1.9%
BELFAST NORTH
99
3.5%
BELFAST SOUTH
908
32.5%
BELFAST WEST
201
7.2%
EAST ANTRIM
416
14.9%
EAST LONDONDERRY
3
0.1%
FERMANAGH AND SOUTH TYRONE
20
0.7%
FOYLE
200
7.2%
LAGAN VALLEY
32
1.1%
MID ULSTER
137
4.9%
NEWRY AND ARMAGH
70
2.5%
SOUTH ANTRIM
9
0.3%
UPPER BANN
42
1.5%
WEST TYRONE
400
14.3%
N/A
203
7.3%
Total
2,794
100%
Notes
N/A refers to those businesses that have not yet confirmed a location.