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Inward Investment

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much inward investment the East Midlands has received from (a) Germany, (b) Sweden, (c) France, (d) USA, (e) Canada, (f) Singapore, (g) India, (h) Australia and (i) Belgium in each year since 1997. [187222]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since 1997 UK Trade and Investment recorded the following number of inward investment projects from Germany, Sweden, France, USA, Canada, Singapore, India, Australia and Belgium to invest in the East Midlands region. Figures for 1997–98 to 2002–03 have been updated since the publication of our Annual Reports that have been laid in the Libraries of the House in each financial year.

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

There is no requirement to notify UKTI and so the figures include only those projects where UKTI's Inward Investment Group and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice.

	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Germany	1	0	4	2	1	4	3
Sweden	1	0	0	1	3	0	0
France	0	0	5	0	0	3	2
USA	9	9	8	8	11	11	14
Canada	0	0	2	0	1	2	0
Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Belgium	0	1	1	0	0	0	1

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much inward investment the region of Yorkshire and the Humber received from (a) Japan and (b) China in each year since 1997. [187223]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since 1997 UK Trade and Investment recorded the following number of inward investment projects from Japan and China to invest in the Yorkshire and Humberside region. Figures for 1997–98 to 2002–03 have been updated since the publication of our Annual Reports that have been laid in the Libraries of the House in each financial year.

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

There is no requirement to notify UKTI and so the figures include only those projects where UKTI's Inward Investment Group and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice.

	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Japan	0	5	1	1	3	2	2
China	3	1	1	0	2	0	0

 
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Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much inward investment the West Midlands has received from (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Sweden, (d) Belgium, (e) USA, (f) Canada, (g) Japan, (h) Singapore, (i) India and (j) Australia in each year since 1997. [187224]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since 1997 UK Trade and Investment recorded the following number of inward investment projects from France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA, Canada, Japan, Singapore, India and Australia to invest in the West Midlands region. Figures
 
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for 1997–98 to 2002–03 have been updated since the publication of our annual reports that have been laid in the Libraries of the House in each financial year.

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

There is no requirement to notify UKTI and so the figures include only those projects where UKTI's Inward Investment Group and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice.

	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
France	7	5	8	14	8	4	7
Germany	11	12	13	17	6	4	9
Sweden	2	0	2	4	1	0	0
Belgium	1	1	0	3	3	0	0
USA	33	33	48	31	42	18	17
Canada	5	5	6	6	7	8	5
Japan	9	6	11	4	7	2	11
Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Australia	0	1	1	2	3	4	1

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much inward investment the South West of England received from (a) Japan and (b) USA in each year since 1997. [187225]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since 1997 UK Trade and Investment recorded the following number of inward investment projects from Japan and USA to invest in the South West region. Figures for 1997–98 to 2002–03 have been updated since the publication of our annual reports that have been laid in the Libraries of the House in each financial year. These figures are based on information provided by companies at the time of the announcement of the decision to invest in the UK. The figures take no account of subsequent developments.

There is no requirement to notify UKTI and so the figures include only those projects where UKTI's Inward Investment Group and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice.

	Japan	USA
1997–98	0	9
1998–99	0	8
1999–2000	10	13
2000–01	5	20
2001–02	6	14
2002–03	7	8
2003–04	4	19

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much inward investment the South East of England received from (a) Belgium, (b) USA, (c) Germany, (d) China, (e) South Korea, (f) Japan and (g) Australia in each year since 1997. [187226]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since 1997 UK Trade and Investment recorded the following number of inward investment projects from Belgium, USA, Germany, China, South Korea, Japan and Australia to invest in the South East region. Figures for 1997–98 to 2002–03 have been updated since the publication of our annual reports that have been laid in the Libraries of the House in each financial year.

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

There is no requirement to notify UKTI and so the figures include only those projects where UKTI's Inward Investment Group and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice.

	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Belgium	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
USA	33	40	64	107	69	67	62
Germany	5	3	7	13	12	3	4
China	0	0	0	3	1	1	1
S. Korea	0	0	1	1	1	3	5
Japan	5	6	4	10	3	4	2
Australia	0	2	1	1	2	1	5

 
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Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much inward investment the North East of England received from (a) China, (b) Japan, (c) South Korea, (d) Taiwan, (e) Australia, (f) the USA and (g) Belgium in each year since 1997. [187227]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since 1997 UK Trade and Investment recorded the following number of inward investment projects from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, USA and Belgium to invest in the North East region. Figures for 1997–98 to 2002–03 have
 
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been updated since the publication of our annual reports that have been laid in the Libraries of the House in each financial year.

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

There is no requirement to notify UKTI and so the figures include only those projects where UKTI's Inward Investment Group and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice.

	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
China	0	0	0	9	9	13	11
Japan	7	5	6	4	6	5	7
S. Korea	0	0	0	1	2	0	1
Taiwan	4	2	2	0	2	1	1
Australia	0	1	0	0	3	1	1
USA	21	13	18	9	13	13	10
Belgium	0	1	0	0	3	0	0

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much inward investment the North West of England received from (a) Japan, (b) USA and (c) Belgium in each year since 1997. [187279]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since 1997 UK Trade and Investment recorded the following number of inward investment projects from Japan, USA and Belgium to invest in the North West region. Figures for 1997–98 to 2002–03 have been updated since the publication of our annual reports that have been laid in the Libraries of the House in each financial year.

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

There is no requirement to notify UKTI and so the figures include only those projects where UKTI's Inward Investment Group and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice.

	Japan	USA	Belgium
1997–98	5	39	2
1998–99	4	37	3
1999–2000	5	42	2
2000–01	2	16	3
2001–02	1	14	0
2002–03	6	27	2
2003–04	5	21	1

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much inward investment London received from Belgium in each year since 1997. [187280]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since 1997 UK Trade and Investment recorded the following number of inward investment projects from Belgium to invest in the London region. Figures for 1997–98 to 2002–03 have been updated since the publication of our Annual Reports that have been laid in the Libraries of the House in each financial year.

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

There is no requirement to notify UKTI and so the figures include only those projects where UKTI's Inward Investment Group and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice.

	Belgium
1997–98	0
1998–99	1
1999–2000	3
2000–01	1
2001–02	1
2002–03	0
2003–04	0

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much inward investment the East of England received from (a) USA, (b) Belgium and (c) China in each year since 1997. [187281]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since 1997 UK Trade and Investment recorded the following number of inward investment projects from USA, Belgium and China to invest in the eastern region. Figures for 1997–98 to 2002–03 have been updated since the publication of our Annual Reports that have been laid in the Libraries of the House in each financial year. These figures are based on information provided by companies at the time of the announcement of the decision to invest in the UK. The figures take no account of subsequent developments.

There is no requirement to notify UKTI and so the figures include only those projects where UKTI's Inward Investment Group and its regional partners were involved or which have come to their notice.

	USA	Belgium	China
1997–98	23	0	0
1998–99	25	1	0
1999–2000	17	0	0
2000–01	21	1	0
2001–02	28	0	0
2002–03	11	1	0
2003–04	25	3	1

 
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Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how the Government measures inward investment. [187282]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Government measure Inward Investment in two ways.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) statistics are collected and published by Office of National Statistics (ONS). FDI is a financial measure collected primarily to measure balance of payments, and internationally comparable statistics are published by the statistical offices of other countries and by international bodies.

Information on the number of projects and jobs created by region of investment and country of origin are recorded by UKTI based on information provided by companies at the time of the decision to invest in the UK. There is no requirement to notify UKTI, so only those projects where UKTI and its regional partners were involved, or which have come to their notice will be recorded.

Information on inward investment is also available from a range of commercial sources.

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