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Inward Investment

Ms Mowlam: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will (a) list those overseas companies which have chosen to locate or invest in Northern Ireland and (b) estimate the number of jobs created in Northern Ireland through inward investment in each of the last five years. [6371]

Mr. Ancram: A list of overseas companies which have been assisted by the Department of the Economic Development to locate or invest in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years is as follows. The list also includes the names of those overseas owned companies in the retail sector who are known to have announced projects in the period of the question.

Year	Company name
1991-92	Vision Information Consulting Ltd.
	BWC Textiles Ltd.
	Arntz Belting Co. Ltd.
	Canyon Europe Ltd.
	Circuits and Systems Design Ltd.
	Henry Denny and Sons (NI) Ltd.
	Northern Ireland Spinners Ltd.
	Irlandus Circuits Ltd.
	Sonoco Ltd.
	Lummus Mackie Ltd.
	Spanboard Ltd.
	Richardsons Fertilisers Ltd.
	3M Industrial Tapes Ltd.
1992-93	Olmedo Ltd.
	Pan European Textiles Ltd.
	Seagate Technology (Ireland)
	United Technologies Automotive (UK) Ltd.
	Fruit of the Loom Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
	Unidare Environmental Ltd.
	European Components Corporation
	Du Pont (UK) Ltd.
	Crossbows Optical Ltd.
	NIRAD Ltd.
	Norfil
1993-94	CCA Electronic Ltd.
	BCO Technologies (NI) Ltd.
	Charles Bell (1963) Ltd.
	Valence Technology BV10
	MKF (UK) Ltd.
	Benelux Manufacturing (NI) Ltd.
	CIS Data Ltd.
	Michelin Tyre Plc
	ESS Automotive Ltd.
	Unidare Plastics Ltd.
	Spanboard Products Ltd.
	Schrader Electronics Ltd.
	Lee Apparel (UK) Ltd.
	DDL Incorporated
	Seagate Technology (Ireland)
	Daewoo Electronics (UK) Ltd.
1994-95	Daewoo Electro Components UK Ltd.
	Radix Telecom Ltd.
	Northern Bank Factors Ltd.
	Daehwa Metal (UK) Ltd.
	ABC Labs (Europe) Ltd.
	Daewoo Electronics UK Ltd.
	CV Apparel Ltd.
	Harris Labs Ltd.
	Northern Telecom (NI) Ltd.
	Michelin Tyre Plc
	Rusch Manf (UK) Ltd.
	Seagate Technology (Ireland)
	Real Software (NI) Ltd.
	Schrader Electronics Ltd.
	Webtech (NI) Ltd.
	Fujitsu Fulcrum Telecom Ltd.
	Polarcup Ltd.
	Perfecseal Ltd.
	Glen Mouldings Ltd.
	Lurgan Fibre Ltd.
	Nacco Materials Handling Co. (NI) Ltd.
	Polystar (Ireland) Ltd.
	Smurfit Corrugated Cases (Lurgan) Ltd.
	Goldenvale Plc
	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.
1995-96	Aldiscon (NI) Ltd.
	Burnside Hydraulic Cylinders Ltd.
	Plastofilm Ltd.
	Duromold Ltd.
	Stream International (NI) Ltd.
	Copeland Ltd.
	Europa Tool Co. Ltd.
	Fruit of the Loom Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
	BCO Technologies (NI) Ltd.
	Montupet (UK) Ltd.
	Seagate Technology (Ireland)
	Scansoft (NI) Ltd.
	Regal Processors Ltd.
	North of Ireland Tanners Ltd.
	Short Brothers Plc (2 projects)
	Delwyn Enterprises Ltd.
	Baker Hughes Ltd.
	Trouw UK Ltd.
	Fujitsu Telecom Europe Ltd.
	Nacco Materials Handling Ltd.
	Webtech (NI) Ltd.
	Coca Cola Bottlers Ltd.
	Oneida Ltd.
	Jury's Hotel Group
	Carlingnose (NI) Ltd.
	Tinto Engineering (NI) Ltd.
	Seinex
	Vischem
	The Gap
	Musgrave Group
	Disney Store

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These projects hold out the prospect of additional jobs, as follows:

Year of project	Jobs promoted
1991-92	489
1992-93	2,376
1993-94	2,475
1994-95	2,762
1995-96	3,971

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Targeting of Social Need Initiative

Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what monitoring of deprivation levels in parliamentary constituencies has been undertaken by Government Departments in each year since the introduction of the targeting of social need initiative; and if he will list the results recorded; [6781]

(2) what monitoring of deprivation levels in district council areas has been undertaken by Government Departments in each year since the introduction of the targeting of social need initiative; and if he will list the results recorded. [6785]

Sir John Wheeler: The 1994 Robson indicators--Department of Finance and Personnel, policy planning and research unit, occasional paper No. 28, "Relative Deprivation in Northern Ireland"--are used within Government to inform programmes which target social need and are available for local government districts, but not for parliamentary constituencies. This publication was placed in the House of Commons Library.

The dependence of the Robson measures on data from the decennial census of population precludes their use for routine monitoring of deprivation levels. However, some of the indicators making up the deprivation index are measured routinely. Unemployment levels by local government district area and parliamentary constituency, for example, are published monthly by the Department of Economic Development in its unemployment press notice.

Labour Statistics

Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) male and (d) female jobs there were in Northern Ireland in October 1979 and in October of every succeeding year until the present time. [6391]

Mr. Ancram [holding answer 2 December 1996]: The information requested is not available. However, data for September of each year are shown in the table:

Employers in Employment (15) in Northern IrelandAt September of each year

Year	Full-time	Part-time	Male	Female	Total
1979	n/a	n/a	303,380	230,510	533,890
1980	n/a	n/a	298,360	229,870	528,230
1981	403,320	103,510	281,930	224,900	506,830
1982	n/a	n/a	274,310	224,690	499,000
1983	n/a	n/a	270,170	227,820	498,000
1984	392,930	107,520	271,680	228,770	500,450
1985	n/a	n/a	272,460	232,760	505,230
1986	n/a	n/a	267,700	234,030	501,730
1987	388,790	118,520	268,330	238,980	507,310
1988	n/a	n/a	273,230	247,380	520,610
1989	398,300	129,930	275,140	253,100	528,240
1990	n/a	n/a	281,030	261,960	542,990
1991	402,660	139,830	277,750	264,740	542,490
1992	n/a	n/a	276,530	268,530	545,060
1993	395,810	154,680	277,920	272,570	550,490
1994	398,710	161,670	281,170	279,200	560,370
1995	402,690	169,670	285,580	286,780	572,370
1996(16)	396,900	176,190	284,930	288,160	573,090

Notes:

(15) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

(16) The most recent figures available for 1996 are at June.

n/a= Full-time/part-time split not available.

September estimates will be published on 18 December 1996.

Source:

DED Census of Employment and Quarterly Employment Survey.

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Spring and Mineral Water

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list (a) the number of contracts between Department of the Environment Services and suppliers of spring or mineral water, (b) the quantities of water involved in the last year for which figures are available and (c) the cost of supplying such water to Department of the Environment offices. [7469]

Mr. Moss: The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland currently has 15 contracts with suppliers for the provision of spring and mineral water to its offices and a number of other premises within the Northern Ireland civil service general office estate. In 1995-96, the last full year for which figures are available, 11,715 litres of water were supplied at a cost to the Department of £5,928.97.

Publicity

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department has spent on promotional or public information campaigns in each of the last five years; and how much he estimates will be spent on these campaigns during the (i) current and (ii) next financial years. [7538]

Sir John Wheeler: The following is the information:

1991-92: £182,321
1992-93: £509,013
1993-94: £650,666
1994-95: £1,021,292
1995-96: £1,906,545
1996-97: £140,000 (estimate)
1997-98: £Nil (estimate)

Drug Seizures

Mr. Tim Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on drug seizures in Northern Ireland in 1996. [7592]

Sir John Wheeler: Up to 30 November 1996, the RUC has seized 70,931 ecstasy tablets, 147 kgs of cannabis resin, 5,871 gms of herbal cannabis, 2,116 LSD tablets, 13 kgs of amphetamines, 237 gms of cocaine, 137.5 gms and 1,175 tablets of opiates, including heroin. During the same period, Customs and Excise has seized 4,295 tablets of ecstasy, 10,044 kgs of cannabis resin, 43 gms of herbal cannabis, 120 gms of cannabis resin--space cake-- one cannabis joint, 200 tablets of LSD, three amphetamine wraps, 2 gms of heroin and 3 gms of psilocin--magic mushrooms.

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