Arms, military and defence company investments - Find a freedom of information request

1. Which arms, military and defence companies does the council currently hold direct investments in?

2. Which arms, military and defence companies does the council currently hold indirect investments in, for example through pooled funds?

3. 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.

1. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) only invests directly with Counterparties who are on its Approved Lending List, which comprises of Banks and Money Market Funds and the UK Government (DMA).

2. LCC’s Pooled Money Market Funds only invest in Banks and sovereigns.

3. Nil.