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.
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.