Tobacco investments held by local authority pension fund
Dear Shepway District Council,
I am seeking information about the value of the local authority pension fund’s investment in tobacco shares and bonds, as well as the income from those investments. Please provide whatever answers you can to the following.
1. What is the most recent available value of the local authority's pension fund?
2. What is the value of the fund’s directly-held investment in shares or bonds of the following companies: British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco International, Altria Group Inc, Philip Morris International, Universal Corp, Alliance One International?
3. What is the total combined value of the fund’s directly-held investments in the companies named above?
4. What income did the fund receive from these investments in the last 12-month period for which records are available?
5. Does the fund have any other investments in tobacco via pooled investments? What is the value of these?
6. What is the local authority’s annual spend on smoking-related illness?
7. Please supply the number of deaths attributable to smoking in the local authority areas covered by your pension fund. Your Director of Public Health or equivalent should be able to supply this figure.
If you require clarification on any of the above questions, please get in touch on 0203 353 3616, or 07415154041 or email me at [email address]
Yours faithfully,
Rob Davies
Dear Rob Davies
Thank you for your request dated 17th April 2018.
We will endeavour to supply the information you have requested promptly and within the requisite 20 working days. If we think that it will take longer, we will contact you.
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Miss Ayse Niazi
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Dear Rob Davis,
I am writing in respect of your Freedom of Information enquiry dated 17th April 2018. This request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The information requested is not held by Folkestone & Hythe District Council. Queries regarding the holdings or investments of the local government pension fund would need to be directly addressed to the pension fund, which is administered via Kent County Council. Contact details and additional information about the pension fund can be found on their website:
https://www.kentpensionfund.co.uk/local-...
Additionally, the district council does not hold health data relating to smoking. Kent County Council is the health authority for the area and would need to be contacted directly in order to provide the information. Kent County Council's FOI team can be contacted as follows:
By email: [email address]
By fax: 01622 696075.
Information Resilience and Transparency Team,
Kent County Council,
Room 2.71, Sessions House, County Hall,
Maidstone,
Kent, ME14 1XQ.
Should you require any further information, or if you are not satisfied with our response, please do not hesitate to contact me. You may also request an internal review by writing to the following address:
Freedom of Information Appeals Officer
Compliance & Information Governance
Folkestone & Hythe District Council
Castle Hill Avenue
Folkestone
Kent, CT20 2QY
Alternatively you can use our Customer Comment Form which can be accessed at our website www.shepway.gov.uk
In addition, if you are not satisfied with our response you may apply to the Information Commissioner for an independent review at the following address:
The Information Commissioner
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Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
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Kind regards,
Jamie Naylor
Senior Information Officer
Tel: 01303 853252
Folkestone & Hythe District Council,
Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue,
Folkestone, Kent. CT20 2QY.
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Dear Rob Davies,
I am writing in respect of your Freedom of Information enquiry dated 17
April 2018. This request has been handled under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
With regard to your request for information concerning Tobacco investments
held by local authority pension fund, I am writing to inform you that the
responsibility for the Local Authority Pension falls under Kent County
Council so this information is not held by us. Kent County Council may
hold the information you require. They can be contacted by the following
means:
By email: [1][email address]
By post: Information Resilience and Transparency Team, Kent County
Council, Room 2.71, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14
1XQ.
By fax: 01622 696075.
Should you require any further information, or if you are not satisfied
with our response, please do not hesitate to contact me. You may also
request an internal review by writing to the following address:
Freedom of Information Appeals Officer
Compliance & Information Governance
Shepway District Council
Castle Hill Avenue
Folkestone
Kent CT20 2QY
Alternatively you can use our Customer Comment Form which can be accessed
at our website [2]www.shepway.gov.uk
In addition, if you are not satisfied with our response you may apply to
the Information Commissioner for an independent review at the following
address:
The Information Commissioner
Wyncliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use
a national rate number
[3]www.ico.org.uk
Kind regards,
Eric Thomas ACFS
Information Officer
Tel: 01303 853419
Folkestone & Hythe District Council, Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue,
Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QY
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