AQW 16219/22-27


Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast


Tabled Date: 04/10/2024
Answered On Date: 15/10/2024
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy for a breakdown of the total running costs for each Invest NI office around the world in each of the last five years.


Answer:
Invest NI’s international offices are categorised into four overseas territories, expenditure incurred is reported by each territory. In the last five financial years, the running costs (comprising staff and office related costs such as rents, utilities and telecoms, to the nearest thousand) reported were:
Financial year
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
Territory
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
Asia Pacific
926
1,009
1,002
1,559
1,510
India, Middle East & Africa
1,047
1,000
961
1,268
1,105
GB & Europe
2,616
2,473
1,986
2,033
2,836
Americas
2,835
3,466
2,726
2,805
3,193