Foreign Investment in UK: Scotland
(asked on 17th December 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate how many foreign direct investment projects were developed in Scotland originating from other EU countries in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and how many jobs were (i) created by each of those projects and (ii) safeguarded by those projects.
This question was answered on 12th January 2016
Below is a breakdown of successful foreign direct investment projects into Scotland 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.
Projects | New Jobs | Safeguarded jobs | |
2012-13 | 27 | 2,110 | 491 |
2013-14 | 33 | 1,960 | 968 |
2014-15 | 34 | 883 | 648 |
Source: UKTI FDI projects database.