asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total amount of grant-aid, of every available kind, given to overseas companies which have invested in Northern Ireland for the purposes of job creation, from 1970 to the end of 1979.
[pursuant to his reply, 22 February 1980, c. 383]: This information is not available in the precise form requested, but in the financial years 1969–70 to 1978–79 the Department of Commerce and the local enterprise development unit entered into agreements to make available financial assistance, under the Industries Development Acts (Northern Ireland) 1966 and 1971, totalling £164,814,662 for the purposes of job creation to overseas companies which have invested in Northern Ireland.
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total amount of grant-aid of every available kind, given to Northern Ireland based companies which have endeavoured to expand operations in the Province, from 1970 to the end of 1979.
[pursuant to his reply, 22 February 1980, c. 383]: This information is not available in the precise form requested, but in the financial years 1969–70 to 1978–79 the Department of Commerce and the local enterprise development unit entered into agreements to make available financial assistance under the Industries Development Acts (Northern Ireland) 1966 and 1971, totalling £67,637,371 to companies with Northern Ireland origins, in respect of jobs which they undertook to create through the establishment or expansion of their operations.