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To ask the President of the Board of Trade what further steps her Department intends to take to promote inward investment in the United Kingdom. [10047]
My Department's Invest in Britain Bureau will continue to promote the attractions of the UK for mobile international investment to consolidate our position as the No. 1 location in Europe for inward investment. The Government will pursue economic policies which enhance those attractions, including macro-economic stability, an increase in the skills base, "flexibility plus" in labour markets and a positive approach to Europe.
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate she has made of the number of foreign-owned companies, by country, which have established operations in the United Kingdom. [11210]
[holding answer 30 July 1997]: According to information notified to my Department's Invest In Britain Bureau, the numbers of new projects by country of origin between 1979 and to date, are as follows:
| Number | |
| Australia | 24 |
| Austria | 4 |
| Belgium | 16 |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Canada | 69 |
| Denmark | 33 |
| Finland | 19 |
| France | 65 |
| Germany | 285 |
| Hong Kong | 21 |
| Iceland | 1 |
| India | 4 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Israel | 6 |
| Italy | 16 |
| Japan | 174 |
| Kenya | 2 |
| Korea (South) | 30 |
| Liechenstein | 1 |
| Malysia | 1 |
| Middle East | 1 |
| Netherlands | 34 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
| Norway | 29 |
| Portugal | 2 |
| Republic of Ireland | 51 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| Singapore | 6 |
| South Africa | 8 |
| Spain | 10 |
| Sweden | 42 |
| Switzerland | 42 |
| Taiwan | 24 |
| Thailand | 2 |
| Turkey | 3 |
| Uruguay | 1 |
| United States | 765 |