Pension Board

Thursday, 5 June 2025

10.00 am Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

Ray Martin (Chair) Zoe O'Sullivan, Trevor Redmond, Neil Simpson, Linda Hughes, Councillor Andrew Wilson and Vacancy

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1.	Minutes of the meeting held on 13 February 2025 (Pages 3 - 18)

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2.	Apologies for absence

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3.	Disclosure of interests

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4.	Urgent items Notification of any items which the Chair considers urgent and proposes to take at the appropriate part of the agenda.

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5.	Pension Committee Agenda (Pages 19 - 22)

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6.	Pension Reform Agenda (Pages 23 - 32)

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7.	Governance Report (Pages 33 - 70)

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8.	Employer Engagement and Communications Report (Pages 71 - 98)

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9.	Pension Administration Report (Pages 99 - 114)

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10.	East Sussex Pension Fund Financial Outturn Report 2024/25 (Pages 115 - 118)

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11.	Internal Audit Report (Pages 119 - 150)

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12.	External Audit Plan for the East Sussex Pension Fund 2024/25 (Pages 151 - 190)

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13.	Pension Fund Risk Register (Pages 191 - 202)

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14.	Work Programme (Pages 203 - 222)

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15.	Any non-exempt items previously notified under agenda item 4

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Exclusion of the public and press To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda item on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

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17.	Governance Report - Exempt Information (Pages 223 - 230)

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18.	Pension Fund Breaches Log and Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure Case Report (Pages 231 - 234)

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19.	Employer Admissions and Cessations Report (Pages 235 - 242)

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20.	Any other exempt items previously notified under agenda item 4

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PHILIP BAKER

Deputy Chief Executive 

County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent

LEWES BN7 1UE                                                                                                              28 May 2025

Contact Sophie Webb, Governance and Democracy Manager,

01273 337495

Email: Sophie.Webb@eastsussex.gov.uk

NOTE: As part of the County Council’s drive to increase accessibility to its public meetings, this meeting will be broadcast live on its website. The live broadcast is accessible at: https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/your-council/videos-of-council-meetings/webcasts

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