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Dr. Hendron
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many visits were made by industrialists in connection with potential inward investment projects to each district council area in Northern Ireland from 1 April to 30 November; and how many of these were repeat visits. [7343]
Mr. Ancram
During the period between 1 April 1995 and 30 November 1995, the Industrial Development Board arranged 200 visits to Northern Ireland by industrialists in connection with potential inward investment projects. Some 156 were first-time visits and 44 were repeat visits.A breakdown of the visits by district council area is as follows:
| District Council | Total visits | Repeat visits |
| Antrim | 9 | 2 |
| Ards | 1 | — |
| Armagh | — | — |
| Ballymena | 1 | 1 |
| Ballymoney | — | — |
| Banbridge | 2 | — |
| Belfast | 94 | 14 |
| Carrick | 4 | 1 |
| Castlerragh | 2 | — |
| Coleraine | — | — |
| Cookstown | 7 | 3 |
| Craigavon | 6 | 1 |
| Derry | 6 | 1 |
| Down | 1 | — |
| Dungannon | 3 | 2 |
| Fermanagh | 4 | 2 |
| Larne | 2 | — |
| Limavady | 1 | 1 |
| Lisburn | 15 | 3 |
| Magherafelt | 2 | 2 |
| Moyle | — | — |
| Newry and Mourne | 14 | 4 |
| Newtownabbey | 14 | 3 |
| North Down | 9 | 2 |
| Omagh | 1 | 1 |
| Strabane | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 200 | 44 |