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Dear Cheshire West and Chester Council,

1) Please provide in Microsoft excel format for the end of the 2019/20 financial year:
a. the sum total of pension fund assets under management;
b. full details of what the Local Government Pension Fund currently invests in, including: the full name and amounts of each fund, bond, institution and investment held, by asset class or category, including specific equities;
c. full details of any investments in: renewable energy, green technologies, social housing, community wealth building or low carbon funds.

I would like to receive this information in an unlocked excel sheet without protected cells (.xls). If you have to password protect the excel sheet, please can you also provide the password to the excel sheet.

2) Please provide any Local Government Pension Fund or Council policy or strategy statements, meeting minutes, investment principles, or Investment Strategy Statements that commit to reducing investments in fossil fuel producers or to decarbonise the Fund

If one part of the request can be answered sooner than others, please send that information first followed by any subsequent data. If you need further clarification, please contact me by email.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Noyes

FOI West, Cheshire West and Chester Council

RE: Your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Case Reference: RFI 2876

Dear Robert Noyes

Thank you for your email dated 11 August 2020.

From 1 April the Council temporarily suspended the handling of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR), so our staff could prioritise their critical work to respond to COVID19, including support for our most vulnerable residents. All information request submissions were logged and acknowledged, and requestors were advised that they would be actioned as soon as resources became available. We are now beginning to progress these cases in date order which means that your request may be subject to delay whilst we clear the backlog.

Please bear with us during this unprecedented time. If you decide that you do not want to continue with your request under the current circumstances, please let us know at: [Cheshire West and Chester Council request email]

Yours sincerely

Disclosures Team
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Tel: 0300 123 8 123
Email: [email address]
Location: Cheshire West and Chester Council, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port CH65 0BE
Visit: cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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FOI West, Cheshire West and Chester Council

Dear Robert Noyes,

 

Thank you for your request for information of 11 August 2020 which has
been logged as RFI 2876 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. We confirm that Cheshire West and Chester Council
holds information relating to your request.

 

For the purpose of clarity your request has been reproduced below:

 

1.       Please provide in Microsoft excel format for the end of the
2019/20 financial year:

·        the sum total of pension fund assets under management;

·        full details of what the Local Government Pension Fund currently
invests in, including: the full name and amounts of each fund, bond,
institution and investment held, by asset class or category, including
specific equities;

·        full details of any investments in: renewable energy, green
technologies, social housing, community wealth building or low carbon
funds.

 

               Response

·       the detail required for the above request is available on the
Cheshire Pension Fund’s website, at the following link:
[1]https://www.cheshirepensionfund.org/memb...

 

2.       Please provide any Local Government Pension Fund or Council
policy or strategy statements, meeting minutes, investment principles, or
Investment Strategy Statements that commit to reducing investments in
fossil fuel producers or to decarbonise the Fund.

 

               Response

·       The Cheshire Pension Fund Investment Strategy Statement and
Responsible Investment Policy along with Pension Fund Committee papers are
available at the following link:
[2]https://www.cheshirepensionfund.org/memb....
The Fund’s Climate Risk Report, consistent with the requirements of the
Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will also be
published on the website by the end of September 2020.

 

 

We trust this answers your queries.

 

The Council considers that your request has been answered in full by
either confirming that information is not held, providing you with the
information requested, or explaining why any information has been withheld
and the reasons for any redaction. Where applicable, the Council has also
told you the reasons for the delay in responding to your request.

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled you can request a review by writing to the Disclosures Team within
40 working days from the date of the Council’s response.

 

You are entitled to a review by the Council if:

•             You are dissatisfied with the Council’s explanation of why
the application was not dealt with within the 20 working day time limit.

•             All the information requested is not being disclosed and you
have not received an explanation why some information is not being
disclosed.

•             A reason for the disclosures under the request being refused
is not received.

•             You consider that exemptions have been wrongly applied,
and/or

•             You consider that a fee has been wrongly applied.

 

Please set out your grounds for seeking a review together with what
specific part of your request those grounds apply to and the outcome you
are seeking. The Council reserves the right to ask you for clarification
of the grounds for your review request if the grounds are not clear, and
to delay commencing the review if such grounds are not provided.

 

The Disclosures Team can be contacted by email via:
[3][Cheshire West and Chester Council request email] or at the following address:

 

Disclosures Team

Cheshire West and Chester Council

4 Civic Way

Ellesmere Port

CH64 0BE

 

The Disclosures Team will acknowledge a request for an internal review
within 5 working days and complete the review as soon as possible and no
later than 40 working days from receipt of the request.

 

More information about the Council’s internal review process can be found
via:

 

[4]https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.u...

 

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of your review, you have
a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

 

The Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

 

Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45

Website: [5]www.ico.org.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Disclosures Team – Customer Relations and Information Cheshire West and
Chester Council

Tel: 0300 123 8 123

Email: [6][email address]

Location: Cheshire West and Chester Council, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port
CH65 0BE

Visit: cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

 

 

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