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Industrial Development Board

Volume 177: debated on Monday 15 October 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many jobs were created by the Industrial Development Board in each district council area in Northern Ireland in each of the years from 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1990.

Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the names of the companies assisted by the Industrial Development Board who located factories in each of the district council areas in Northern Ireland from 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1990.

The following table shows, by district council area, those new inward investment projects for which letters of offer were accepted in the period from 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1990:

1985–86
Ards borough councilDown Linen Yarns Ltd.
Ballymena borough councilSmart (UK) Ltd.
Belfast city councilDe La Rue (Smurfit) Ltd.
Carrickfergus borough councilMulti Food Machinery
Craigavon borough councilNorish (NI) Ltd.
North Down borough councilSamson Yarns Ltd.
1986–87
Antrim borough councilSwaddlers (Europe)Ltd.
Camella Foods Ltd.
Ards borough councilTensator (NI) Ltd.
Belfast city councilICS Computing Ltd.
Craigavon borough councilUnited Meat Packers (NI) Ltd.
Newtownabbey borough councilCanyon Europe Ltd.
1987–88
Antrim borough councilNeotech Industries Europe Ltd.
Group Publishing Co. Ltd.
Ballymena district councilMastercut Foods Ltd.
Belfast city councilCapita (NI) Ltd.
Crosspharma Ltd.
Craigavon borough councilHenry Denny & Sons (NI) Ltd.
Larne borough councilStern Fenster UPVC Ltd.
Newry and Mourne district councilETI Ltd.
Newtownabbey borough councilMcDonnell Douglas Information Systems Ltd.
1988–89
Antrim borough councilDaewoo Electronics Ltd.
Belfast city councilScience Typographers International Ltd.
MSS International Ltd.
Carrickfergus borough councilKalon Group PLC
Down district councilInternational Leathers Ltd.
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation in Scotland for selected industries1, 2
£ millions current prices
YearAgriculture, forestry and fishingEnergy and water supplyManufacturingTransport 3 and communicationPrivate dwellingsPublic dwellingsTotal of industries shown
197490226309451562144
1979171620561258540128852,299
19801948596452443993092,650
19811898385862474122982,569
19822048135412514693252,603
19832227564702975013852,631
19842386645973766163762,865
19852376188614156633393,133
19862335547883927423893,099
19872304567384037624543,043

Limavady borough councilHueco Lightronic (NI) Ltd.
Lisburn borough councilMontupet (UK) Ltd./Willace (UK) Ltd.
Newtownabbey borough councilBS Toolings Ltd.
1989–90
Antrim borough councilDu Pont (UK) Ltd.
Belfast city councilHarris Laboratories Ltd.
Printapack (NI) Ltd.
British Telecommunications PLC GB
Carrickfergus borough councilRyobi Aluminium Casting (UK) Ltd.
Castlereagh borough councilBarney (UK) Ltd.
Craigavon borough councilBritish Telecommunications PLC GB
DDL Electronics Ltd.
Derry city councilBritish Telecommunications PLC Sigro (UK) Ltd.
Fruit of the Loom Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Dungannon district councilViper International
Newtownabbey borough councilCircaprint (NI) Ltd.