Anna Soubry corrected a written answer on Foreign Investment in UK

1 December 2015 · Commons written answer · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Emma Reynolds (Labour, Wolverhampton North East) asked written question 17379 on 23 November 2015. Anna Soubry answered on 26 November 2015 for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Anna Soubry corrected the answer on 1 December 2015. The correction replaced 9 figures (15,053, 19,933, 22,712, 26,845, 34,824, 485) with 9 figures (15,399, 20,432, 22,805, 28,250, 35,073, 504). Altogether 56 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) foreign direct investment projects were developed in the UK which originated from other EU countries in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15, (b) jobs were created by those projects and (c) jobs were safeguarded by those projects.

Original and corrected answer

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Below is a breakdown of all successful foreign direct investment projects from EU countries in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 together with the estimated number of jobs created and safeguarded, as recorded by UK Trade & Investment. Number of Inward FDI Projects originating from EU recorded by UKTI \| Projects \| New Jobs \| Safeguarded jobs 2012-13 \| 485 \| 15,053 \| 34,824 2013-14 \| 541 \| 19,933 \| 22,712 2014-15 \| 634 \| 26,845 \| 6,076 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| Source: UKTI FDI projects database.	Below is a breakdown of all successful foreign direct investment projects from EU countries in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 together with the estimated number of jobs created and safeguarded, as recorded by UK Trade & Investment. Number of Inward FDI Projects originating from EU recorded by UKTI \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| Projects \| New Jobs \| Safeguarded jobs 2012-13 \| 504 \| 15,399 \| 35,073 2013-14 \| 564 \| 20,432 \| 22,805 2014-15 \| 658 \| 28,250 \| 6,686 Source: UKTI FDI projects database.

Original

Corrected

Below is a breakdown of all successful foreign direct investment projects from EU countries in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 together with the estimated number of jobs created and safeguarded, as recorded by UK Trade & Investment.
Number of Inward FDI Projects originating from EU recorded by UKTI
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| New Jobs
| Safeguarded jobs
2012-13
| 485
| 15,053
| 34,824
2013-14
| 541
| 19,933
| 22,712
2014-15
| 634
| 26,845
| 6,076
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Source: UKTI FDI projects database.

Below is a breakdown of all successful foreign direct investment projects from EU countries in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 together with the estimated number of jobs created and safeguarded, as recorded by UK Trade & Investment.
Number of Inward FDI Projects originating from EU recorded by UKTI
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| Projects
| New Jobs
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2012-13
| 504
| 15,399
| 35,073
2013-14
| 564
| 20,432
| 22,805
2014-15
| 658
| 28,250
| 6,686
Source: UKTI FDI projects database.

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