To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the Scottish share of inward investment projects into the United Kingdom for each of the last 10 years, as measured by (a) number of projects and (b) numbers of jobs created. [35174]

[holding answer 19 July 1995]: The information is as follows:

Scottish share of inward investment projects recorded by the Invest in Britain Bureau
Per cent.
Year	Projects	Jobs created	Jobs safeguarded
1985–86	12.4	16.7	24.2
1986–87	9.8	11.7	2.5
1987–88	15.4	16.3	14.5
1988–89	12.4	17.6	4.5
1989–90	9.3	21.7	1.3
1990–91	11.0	23.9	1.5
1991–92	10.8	17.2	2.9
1992–93	18.3	25.2	9.6
1993–94	20.2	25.0	6.7
1994–95	18.7	20.8	6.1

These figures are based on information provided by the companies concerned at the time of the decision to invest and take no account of subsequent developments.