Pension Board

Thursday, 11 September 2025

10.00 am Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

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

A G E N D A

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1.	Minutes of the meeting held on 5 June 2025 (Pages 3 - 14)

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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 and Summary of Previous Minutes (Pages 15 - 22)

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6.	Pension Reform Agenda (Pages 23 - 24)

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7.	Governance Report (Pages 25 - 72)

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8.	Employer Engagement and Communications Report (Pages 73 - 80)

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9.	Pension Administration - updates (Pages 81 - 96)

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10.	Internal Audit Report (Pages 97 - 106)

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11.	Pension Fund Risk Register (Pages 107 - 118)

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12.	Work Programme (Pages 119 - 136)

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13.	Any other 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 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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15.	Governance Report - Exempt Information (Pages 137 - 142)

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16.	Pension Fund Breaches Log and Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure case report (Pages 143 - 148)

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17.	Employer Admissions and Cessations Report (Pages 149 - 154)

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18.	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                                                                                                     3 September 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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