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Invest Northern Ireland
Mrs. Iris Robinson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many new jobs were secured in each of the district council areas of the Province by Invest Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [74385]
Maria Eagle:
Table 1 shows the number of jobs promoted within each district council area as a result of inward investment projects during the 10 years from 1996-97 to 2005-06. Information supplied for 2005-06 is provisional and may be subject to change.
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| Table 1: New jobs promoted by district council area in inward investment projects (1996-97 to 2005-06) |
| District council | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
|
Antrim
|
20
|
90
|
86
|
166
|
—
|
223
|
5
|
|
Ards
|
—
|
100
|
14
|
113
|
—
|
—
|
70
|
|
Armagh
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
25
|
|
Ballymena
|
290
|
115
|
—
|
—
|
12
|
—
|
—
|
|
Ballymoney
|
73
|
129
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Banbridge
|
—
|
12
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Belfast
|
781
|
2,658
|
2,462
|
3,833
|
2,361
|
905
|
251
|
|
Carrickfergus
|
—
|
55
|
—
|
130
|
723
|
76
|
100
|
|
Castlereagh
|
.55
|
54
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
122
|
—
|
|
Coleraine
|
12
|
52
|
77
|
123
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cookstown
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
32
|
|
Craigavon
|
45
|
298
|
202
|
145
|
37
|
72
|
16
|
|
Derry
|
340
|
1,225
|
158
|
960
|
357
|
520
|
93
|
|
Down
|
23
|
75
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
85
|
—
|
|
Dungannon
|
344
|
75
|
—
|
106
|
20
|
98
|
—
|
|
Fermanagh
|
—
|
22
|
—
|
130
|
—
|
10
|
350
|
|
Larne
|
369
|
45
|
71
|
147
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Limavady
|
759
|
10
|
—
|
—
|
26
|
—
|
—
|
|
Lisburn
|
566
|
—
|
512
|
32
|
—
|
90
|
—
|
|
Magherafelt
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Moyle
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Newry and Mourne
|
131
|
—
|
275
|
—
|
300
|
64
|
50
|
|
Newtown Abbey
|
779
|
140
|
150
|
374
|
1,640
|
93
|
—
|
|
North Down
|
—
|
51
|
—
|
325
|
—
|
18
|
41
|
|
Omagh
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
150
|
—
|
|
Strabane
|
100
|
—
|
155
|
—
|
30
|
—
|
—
|
|
Grand total
|
4,687
|
5,206
|
4,162
|
6,584
|
5,506
|
2,526
|
1,033
|
| | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | Council total |
|
Antrim
|
—
|
319
|
20
|
929
|
|
Ards
|
5
|
—
|
—
|
302
|
|
Armagh
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
25
|
|
Ballymena
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
417
|
|
Ballymoney
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
202
|
|
Banbridge
|
—
|
13
|
—
|
25
|
|
Belfast
|
884
|
2,561
|
1,157
|
17,853
|
|
Carrickfergus
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,084
|
|
Castlereagh
|
—
|
24
|
—
|
255
|
|
Coleraine
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
264
|
|
Cookstown
|
—
|
148
|
40
|
220
|
|
Craigavon
|
110
|
—
|
49
|
974
|
|
Derry
|
486
|
40
|
361
|
4,540
|
|
Down
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
183
|
|
Dungannon
|
8
|
17
|
—
|
668
|
|
Fermanagh
|
194
|
—
|
11
|
717
|
|
Larne
|
25
|
112
|
155
|
924
|
|
Limavady
|
24
|
—
|
—
|
819
|
|
Lisburn
|
—
|
16
|
71
|
1,287
|
|
Magherafelt
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Moyle
|
—
|
23
|
—
|
23
|
|
Newry and Mourne
|
—
|
—
|
1,045
|
1,865
|
|
Newtown Abbey
|
42
|
—
|
82
|
3,300
|
|
North Down
|
200
|
140
|
—
|
775
|
|
Omagh
|
—
|
—
|
75
|
225
|
|
Strabane
|
175
|
53
|
34
|
547
|
|
Grand total
|
2,153
|
3,467
|
3,100
|
38,424
|
