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Written question asked by Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour) on Monday, 1 October 2007.


Pensions: Investment in Sudan

Question
To what extent pension funds controlled by them have been divesting from businesses that support the Government of Sudan.
Answer

The majority of public service schemes including Civil Service and NHS are unfunded schemes, which means that schemes do not have pension funds which they invest. The Local Government Pension Scheme is a funded scheme and investment decisions taken by local authorities with responsibilities for the management and investment of pension funds are a matter for those individual authorities acting within a statutory framework—the Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 1998.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5181; 694 c255WA
Session
2006-07
Notes
Answer received between Monday 17 September and Friday 21 September 2007.
Subjects
Investment Public sector Pension funds Sudan
Link
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