Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Drayson (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 October 2007.
Sudan: Trade
- Question
- asked Her Majesty's Government:What has been the overall level of trade between the United Kingdom and Sudan each year, for the past five years; and to what extent pension funds controlled by the Government have been divesting from businesses that support the Government of Sudan.
- Answer
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Trade with Sudan (£m) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 UK Exports 70.8 88.8 91.6 139.7 155.1 UK Imports 7.8 6.3 14.2 18.1 10.0 Source: HM Revenue and Customs The majority of public service schemes are unfunded schemes, which means that they do not have pension funds to invest. The Local Government Pension Scheme is a funded scheme: investment decisions taken by local authorities with responsibilities for the management and investment of pension funds within this scheme 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
- 5155; 695 c49-50WA
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Exports Imports Public sector Overseas investment Pension funds Sudan
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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