Pension Committee

Thursday, 19 June 2025

10.00 am Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

Councillor Gerard Fox (Chair) Councillors Ian Hollidge, Paul Redstone, David Tutt and Georgia Taylor

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1.	Minutes of the meeting of 27 February 2025 (Pages 3 - 20)

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2.	Apologies for absence

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3.	Disclosure of Interests Disclosures by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

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

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5.	Pension Board Minutes (Pages 21 - 32)

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6.	Pension Reform Agenda (Pages 33 - 104)

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7.	Governance Report (Pages 105 - 138)

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8.	Communications Report (Pages 139 - 166)

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9.	Report of Pension Board to Pension Committee (Pages 167 - 170)

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10.	Pension Administration Report (Pages 171 - 186)

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11.	East Sussex Pension Fund Financial Outturn Report 2024/25 (Pages 187 - 190)

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12.	Internal Audit Report (Pages 191 - 222)

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13.	External Audit Plan for the East Sussex Pension Fund 2024/25 (Pages 223 - 262)

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14.	Pension Fund Risk Register (Pages 263 - 274)

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15.	Investment Report (Pages 275 - 302)

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16.	Work programme (Pages 303 - 322)

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17.	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 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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19.	Pension Reform Agenda - Next Steps (Pages 323 - 324)

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20.	Investment Report - Exempt Information (Pages 325 - 350)

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21.	Governance Report - Exempt Information (Pages 351 - 354)

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22.	Pension Fund Breaches Log and Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure Case Report (Pages 355 - 358)

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23.	Employer Admissions and Cessations (Pages 359 - 366)

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24.	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                                                                                                             11 June 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: www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/webcasts/default

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