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Investments in Arms Industry

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Sharaiz Chaudhry
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Dear Vale of Glamorgan Council,

I am writing to formally request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Specifically, I would like to request the following details:

Which arms, military and defence companies does the council currently hold direct investments in?

Which arms, military and defence companies does the council currently hold indirect investments in, for example through pooled funds?

What is the total value of these investments and how much is invested in each company? Please specify which are direct and indirect.

Companies of relevance include, but are not limited to: Airbus, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chemring, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics, General Electric, Honeywell, Huntington Ingalls, JCB, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Meggitt, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce PLC, Rafael, RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), Smiths Group and Thales.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. If you need any clarification on any part of my request, then please contact me using this email address.

Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way before the twentieth working day. If for any reason you are not able to fulfil all parts of my request, please respond to those that you can respond to, setting out your reasons for not responding to the entire request.

Should you require any clarification or further details regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact me via email. I am more than willing to discuss and refine the request as needed.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Sharaiz Chaudhry

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Vale of Glamorgan Council

Dear Sharaiz Chaudhry

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information about: Investments in Arms
Industry

Your request was received on 14/03/2025 and is being handled under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Your query has been given the reference 00208584.

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FOI Unit, Vale of Glamorgan Council

Dear Sharaiz Chaudhry

Thank you for your request for information that we received on the 14th of March 2025.

Your request
I am writing to formally request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Specifically, I would like to request the following details:

Which arms, military and defence companies does the council currently hold direct investments in?

Which arms, military and defence companies does the council currently hold indirect investments in, for example through pooled funds?

What is the total value of these investments and how much is invested in each company? Please specify which are direct and indirect.

Companies of relevance include, but are not limited to: Airbus, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chemring, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics, General Electric, Honeywell, Huntington Ingalls, JCB, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Meggitt, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce PLC, Rafael, RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), Smiths Group and Thales.

Our response
We do not directly invest in organisations of this nature.

For your information we hold investments with UK Government, a UK Local Authority, Money Market Funds CCLA and Federated and Lloyds Bank. The ESG policies for CCLA, Federated and Lloyds Bank are referenced in the Council's Treasury Management Strategy.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be made within 40 working days of the date of this correspondence and should be addressed to:
[email address]
Alternatively, you may write to:
The Monitoring Officer, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry, CF63 4RU.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office - Wales
Second Floor, Churchill House
Churchill Way,
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
029 20678400 / Fax:029 20678399
[email address]

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
tel / ffôn: 01446 700111
mob / sym:
e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]

Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
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Visit our Website at http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/
Ewch i'n gwefan yn http://www.bromorgannwg.gov.uk/

Find us on Facebook / Cewch ddod o hyd i ni ar Facebook
Follow us on Twitter / Dilynwch ni ar Twitter

Correspondence is welcomed in Welsh or English / Croesewir Gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg.

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