To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what is the number of jobs promoted by the Industrial Development Board and its predecessor, the Department of Commerce, for (a) indigenous firms and (b) overseas firms in Northern Ireland since 1978–79; how many of these jobs are the result of (i) new enterprise or (ii) expansion; what is the average cost per job; and how many of these jobs promoted were actually realised;(2) how many jobs have been promoted by the Industrial Development Board or its predecessor the Department of Commerce in the following industrial groups

[holding answer 21 April 1989] : Job promotion figures for the period April 1978 to December 1988 inclusive are as follows:

	Job promotions
	Indigenous firms		Overseas firms
	New	Expansions	New	Expansions	Total
Department of Commerce
1978–79	357	1,204	4,165	1,364	7,090
1979–80	308	1,793	3,100	2,333	7,534
1980–81	430	769	178	1,928	3,305
1981–82	131	381	348	815	1,675
1982–83 (from 1 April 1982 31 August 1982)	41	312	—	513	866
Industrial Development Board
1982–83 (1 September 1982 31 March 1983)	224	751	159	1,791	2,925
1983–84	715	1,191	539	1,111	3,556
1984–85	394	1,478	548	2,847	5,267
1985–86	204	1,224	224	1,258	2,910
1986–87	208	1,124	415	2.440	4,187
1987–88	183	2,616	867	1.634	5,300
1988–89 (9 months to 31 December 1988)	329	1,071	1,664	1,428	4,492
Total	3,524	13,914	12,207	19,462	49,107

In this period offers of assistance have been made with the intention of safeguarding employment as well as promoting new jobs. In such cases the assistance offered is not disaggregated between various job categories and

Jobs promoted by industrial group
	Engineering	Textiles clothing and leather	Food drink and tobacco	All other industries	Total
Department of Commerce
1978–79	4,634	1,282	144	1,030	7,090
1979–80	4,802	1,786	325	621	7,534
1980–81	1,494	1,092	264	455	3,305
1981–82	667	450	89	469	1,675
11982–83	542	204	16	104	866
Industrial Development Board
21982–83	1,773	394	551	207	2,925
1983–84	1,276	1,425	545	310	3,556
1984–85	1,615	1,286	1,309	1,057	5,267
1985–86	465	1,194	401	850	2,910
1986–87	1,678	1,177	507	825	4,187
1987–88	836	1,839	1,452	1,173	5,300
31988–89	2,038	1,124	547	783	4,492
Total	21,820	13,253	6,150	7,884	49,107
1 From 1 April 1982 to 31 August 1982.
2 From 1 September 1982 to 31 March 1983.
3 9 months to 31 December 1988.