AQW 21913/11-15


Mr Colum Eastwood
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Foyle


Tabled Date: 17/04/2013
Answered On Date: 01/05/2013
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment how many of the jobs created by InvestNI in each constituency during the 2012/13 financial year offer a salary which is (i) less than 25 percent above; and (ii) 25 percent or more than the average private sector wage, expressed as a number and a percentage of all the new jobs created by inward investment projects during this period.


Revised Answer:
The table below provides the number and percentage of jobs promoted by inward-investment projects which offer a salary of (i) above, but less than 25 percent above; and (ii) 25 percent or more above the average private sector wage. The baseline is the Northern Ireland Private Sector Median (NI PSM).
These do not include those jobs promoted by the Jobs Fund, since this programme does not have job quality targets. It should also be noted that Invest NI does not have a Programme for Government target to promote jobs with average salaries 25% above the NI PSM. The target only relates to the number above the NI PSM.
Number of Jobs Promoted through Inward-Investment Projects which are (i) above but less than 25% above the NI PSM, and (ii) 25% or more above the NI PSM (2012-13)
Above but less than 25%
Above NI PSM
25% or More
Above NI PSM
PCA
No.
%
No.
%
BELFAST EAST
-
-
8
88.9%
BELFAST NORTH
67
97.1%
2
2.9%
BELFAST SOUTH
80
8.8%
737
81.5%
BELFAST WEST
-
-
200
99.5%
EAST LONDONDERRY
-
-
3
100.0%
FERMANAGH AND SOUTH TYRONE
8
40.0%
4
20.0%
FOYLE
-
-
200
100.0%
LAGAN VALLEY
32
100.0%
-
-
MID ULSTER
105
76.6%
12
8.8%
SOUTH ANTRIM
-
-
1
100.0%
UPPER BANN
-
-
5
11.9%
WEST TYRONE
14
3.6%
114
29.2%
N/A
56
28.7%
118
60.5%
Total
362
16.4%
1,404
63.7%
Notes
N/A refers to those businesses that have not yet confirmed a location.