Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 8085 on Local Government: Israel, if she will make it her policy to undertake a desk-based research exercise by officials of which local authorities and Local Government Pension Schemes have adopted anti-Israeli boycott or divestment policies.

Government regularly monitors activity, both investment and otherwise, in the LGPS, including through the Scheme Advisory Board. The Department published statutory guidance on Investment Strategy Statements on 29th June 2026 which can be found here. As this set out, LGPS pools are responsible for implementing the investment strategies which their partner administering authorities have set, and strategies should not set exclusions for investments in individual countries, investment styles or companies.

Decisions on boycotts, divestment and sanctions are matters of UK foreign policy and are for central government, not local authorities.