AQW 54927/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 29/02/2016
Answered On Date: 21/03/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to detail the number of jobs (i) promoted; and (ii) created in East Londonderry in each of the last five years.

Answer:

It should be noted that ‘jobs promoted’ are those which supported businesses expect to create in future years, whereas ‘Jobs created’ are jobs which have actually been filled at a particular point in time, and may relate to investments secured in earlier years. It is therefore not possible to directly compare the number of jobs promoted with those that have been created during the same period.

Table 1 below details the number of jobs that Invest NI has helped promote in the East Londonderry Parliamentary Constituency Area (PCA) in each of the last five financial years.

TABLE 1: INVEST NI NEW JOBS PROMOTED IN EAST LONDONDERRY PCA

Year	New Jobs Promoted
2010-11	182
2011-12	159
2012-13	160
2013-14	253
2014-15	213

Invest NI only holds information on jobs created since the beginning of the current Programme for Government. Table 2 below details the number of jobs that Invest NI has helped to create in the East Londonderry constituency in each of the last four financial years.

TABLE 2: INVEST NI NEW JOBS CREATED IN EAST LONDONDERRY PCA

Year	New Jobs Created
2011-12	189
2012-13	141
2013-14	201
2014-15	255