To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the names of the companies assisted by the Industrial Development Board which located factories in each of the district council areas in Northern Ireland from 1 April 1991 to 31 December 1991.
Four new inward investment projects were secured in this period. Three of them, Vision Information Consulting Ltd., Audio Processing Technology Ltd. and the Royal Mail returned letters centre, will be located in Belfast city council area. The fourth, involving HM Customs and Excise, will be located in Derry city and Fermanagh district council areas. The Royal Mail and HM Customs and Excise projects were secured without selective financial assistance.
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 from 1 April 1991 to 31 December 1991.
Information in terms of jobs created is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost. The number of new jobs promoted in the period, by district council area, is shown in the table.
Jobs promoted by IDB in Northern Ireland in each local government area from 1 April to 31 December 1991
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Number of jobs
| |
| Antrim | — |
| Ards | 103 |
| Armagh | — |
| Ballymena | 50 |
| Ballymoney | 57 |
| Banbridge | 29 |
| Belfast | 412 |
| Carrickfergus | — |
| Castlereagh | 84 |
| Coleraine | 50 |
| Cookstown | — |
| Craigavon | 616 |
| Derry | 48 |
| Down | — |
| Dungannon | 11 |
| Fermanagh | 12 |
| Lame | 25 |
| Limavady | — |
| Lisburn | 125 |
| Magherafelt | — |
| Moyle | — |
| Newry & Mourne | — |
| Newtownabbey | — |
| North Down | 54 |
| Omagh | — |
| Strabane | — |
| Total | 1,676 |