To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is for each year since 1981 (a) the number of inward investment projects, (b) the total value of investment in real terms and (c) the total number of jobs in Scotland which were dependent on investment from (i) other United Kingdom countries, (ii) the European Union, (iii) the United States of America and (iv) the rest of the world. [76082]
[holding answer 11 March 1999]:(a) The numbers of inward investment projects since 1981 are given in the table:
| Year | Number of projects |
| 1981–82 | 32 |
| 1982–83 | 46 |
| 1983–84 | 54 |
| 1984–85 | 68 |
| 1985–86 | 58 |
| 1986–87 | 50 |
| 1987–88 | 88 |
| 1988–89 | 55 |
| 1989–90 | 64 |
| 1990–91 | 63 |
| 1991–92 | 59 |
| 1992–93 | 65 |
| 1993–94 | 95 |
| 1994–95 | 97 |
| 1995–96 | 84 |
| 1996–97 | 86 |
| 1997–98 | 87 |
Source:
1981–82 to 1986–87 published in NAO report
1987–88 to date published in LIS Review for that year
(b) This information is not available.
(c) The number of jobs which the inward investment projects attracted to Scotland since April 1981 were expected to create or safeguard is as follows:
Planned jobs (new and safeguarded)
| |||||
Year
| US
| Europe1
| Asia2
| UK
| Total
|
| 1981–82 | 6,058 | 752 | 192 | 0 | 7,002 |
| 1982–83 | 4,177 | 830 | 320 | 0 | 5,327 |
| 1983–84 | 5,094 | 1,309 | 431 | 72 | 6,906 |
| 1984–85 | 7,495 | 561 | 830 | 557 | 9,443 |
| 1985–86 | 5,316 | 1,527 | 97 | 1,277 | 8,217 |
| 1986–87 | 2,694 | 1,012 | 128 | 1,250 | 5,084 |
| 1987–88 | 3,581 | 2,192 | 2,113 | 3,333 | 11,219 |
| 1988–89 | 2,358 | 972 | 940 | 2,819 | 7,089 |
| 1989–90 | 6,255 | 462 | 632 | 4,940 | 12,289 |
| 1990–91 | 1,760 | 1,135 | 2,154 | 5,195 | 10,244 |
| 1991–92 | 3,026 | 1,138 | 431 | 1,407 | 6,002 |
| 1992–93 | 3,919 | 1,387 | 668 | 2,085 | 8,059 |
| 1993–94 | 5,464 | 1,399 | 1,074 | 3,135 | 11,072 |
| 1994–95 | 5,738 | 1,233 | 2,259 | 3,099 | 12,329 |
| 1995–96 | 4,065 | 1,627 | 4,466 | 2,402 | 12,560 |
| 1996–97 | 4,933 | 1,231 | 3,636 | 4,495 | 14,295 |
| 1997–98 | 6,578 | 2,586 | 531 | 8,252 | 17,947 |
| Total | 78,511 | 21,353 | 20,902 | 44,318 | |
| Grand total | 165,084 | ||||
1 Includes non EC countries | |||||
1 Far East and Rest of World | |||||
Source:
1981–82 to 1986–87 published in NAO report
1987–88 to date published in LIS Review for that year
The above figures are based on information provided by the companies involved themselves when the investment decision was taken and take no account of subsequent developments. As a general rule of thumb, two thirds of announced jobs are actually created.
From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.