Pension Board

Tuesday, 4 November 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 11 September 2025 (Pages 3 - 16)

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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 17 - 24)

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6.	Pension Reform Agenda (Pages 25 - 26)

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7.	Governance Report (Pages 27 - 144)

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8.	East Sussex Pension Fund Quarterly Budget Report (Pages 145 - 148)

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9.	Employer Engagement and Communications Report (Pages 149 - 158)

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10.	Pensions Administration - Updates (Pages 159 - 172)

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11.	Draft Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 (Pages 173 - 382)

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12.	Pension Fund Risk Register (Pages 383 - 386)

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13.	Work Programme (Pages 387 - 404)

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14.	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 items 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 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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16.	Actuarial Valuation Report (Pages 405 - 556)

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17.	Ill Health Benefits (Pages 557 - 564)

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18.	Governance Report - Exempt Information (Pages 565 - 568)

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19.	Pension Fund Breaches Log and Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure Case Report (Pages 569 - 572)

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20.	Employer Admissions and Cessations Report (Pages 573 - 578)

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21.	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                                                                                                        27 October 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 and the record archived. The live broadcast is accessible at: https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/your-council/videos-of-council-meetings/webcasts

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