AQW 54927/11-16 Written question to the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to detail the number of jobs (i) promoted; and (ii) created in East Londonderry in each of the last five years.

Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 29 February 2016

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Tabled
29 February 2016
Answer due by
15 March 2016
Answered
21 March 201621 days after tabling
Department
Department for the Economy
Priority question
No

Answer

It should be noted that ‘jobs promoted’ are those which supported businesses expect to create in future years, whereas ‘Jobs created’ are jobs which have actually been filled at a particular point in time, and may relate to investments secured in earlier years. It is therefore not possible to directly compare the number of jobs promoted with those that have been created during the same period.

Table 1 below details the number of jobs that Invest NI has helped promote in the East Londonderry Parliamentary Constituency Area (PCA) in each of the last five financial years.

TABLE 1: INVEST NI NEW JOBS PROMOTED IN EAST LONDONDERRY PCA

YearNew Jobs Promoted
2010-11182
2011-12159
2012-13160
2013-14253
2014-15213

Invest NI only holds information on jobs created since the beginning of the current Programme for Government. Table 2 below details the number of jobs that Invest NI has helped to create in the East Londonderry constituency in each of the last four financial years.

TABLE 2: INVEST NI NEW JOBS CREATED IN EAST LONDONDERRY PCA

YearNew Jobs Created
2011-12189
2012-13141
2013-14201
2014-15255

Official sources