Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of people in employment due to Israeli companies investing in the UK in 2013.

During the 2012-13 financial year UK Trade & Investment recorded 18 inward investment projects from Israel landing into the UK. It is estimated that these investment projects have brought with them 246 new jobs and 12 safeguarded jobs for the UK.