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Investments in Arms Industry

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Sharaiz Chaudhry

Dear North Lincolnshire 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

Information Governance Team,

Dear Sharaiz Chaudhry,

Thank you for your request which was received on 14th March. The estimate
response date for your request is the 11th April.

Should you have any queries, amendments or additions relating to this
request, please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours Faithfully

Information Governance Team

North Lincolnshire Council

Information Governance Team,

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Dear Sharaiz Chaudhry,

I am writing in response to your request for information, that was
received on the 14th March. Please find our Information Disclosure letter
attached.

If we can be of any further assistance with regard to this request please
let us know quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Team

North Lincolnshire Council

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