AQW 16219/22-27 Written question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy for a breakdown of the total running costs for each Invest NI office around the world in each of the last five years.
Asked by Kate Nicholl MLA on 4 October 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 4 October 2024
- Answer due by
- 21 October 2024
- Answered
- 15 October 202411 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Invest NI’s international offices are categorised into four overseas territories, expenditure incurred is reported by each territory. In the last five financial years, the running costs (comprising staff and office related costs such as rents, utilities and telecoms, to the nearest thousand) reported were:
| Financial year | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
| Territory | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 |
| Asia Pacific | 926 | 1,009 | 1,002 | 1,559 | 1,510 |
| India, Middle East & Africa | 1,047 | 1,000 | 961 | 1,268 | 1,105 |
| GB & Europe | 2,616 | 2,473 | 1,986 | 2,033 | 2,836 |
| Americas | 2,835 | 3,466 | 2,726 | 2,805 | 3,193 |