To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the inward investment to the United Kingdom in excess of £10 million made in each year since 1979. [38334]

For the financial years 1979 to 1995, of the total number of inward investment decisions notified to my Department's Invest in Britain Bureau, in excess of £10 million were 625. In recent years these have included:

	£
Siemens	1.1 billion
Samsung	450 million
Toyota	700 million
Nissan	250 million
Goldstar	40 million
Fujitsu	400 million

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