Pension Committee

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

10.00 am Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

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

A G E N D A

<AI1>

1.	Minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2025 (Pages 3 - 16)

</AI1>

<AI2>

2.	Apologies for absence

</AI2>

<AI3>

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.

</AI3>

<AI4>

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

</AI4>

<AI5>

5.	Pension Board Minutes (Pages 17 - 30)

</AI5>

<AI6>

6.	Pension Reform Agenda - proposed move to Border to Coast Pension Partnership Pool (Pages 31 - 34)

</AI6>

<AI7>

7.	Governance Report (Pages 35 - 154)

</AI7>

<AI8>

8.	Pensions Administration - updates (Pages 155 - 168)

</AI8>

<AI9>

9.	Communications Report (Pages 169 - 182)

</AI9>

<AI10>

10.	East Sussex Pension Fund Quarterly Budget Report (Pages 183 - 186)

</AI10>

<AI11>

11.	Draft Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 (Pages 187 - 348)

</AI11>

<AI12>

12.	Pension Fund Risk Register (Pages 349 - 360)

</AI12>

<AI13>

13.	Investment Report (Pages 361 - 388)

</AI13>

<AI14>

14.	Work programme (Pages 389 - 406)

</AI14>

<AI15>

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

</AI15>

<AI16>

16.

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).

</AI16>

<AI17>

17.	Pension Reform Agenda - Exempt Information (Pages 407 - 520)

</AI17>

<AI18>

18.	Investment Report - Exempt Information (Pages 521 - 534)

</AI18>

<AI19>

19.	Governance Report - Exempt Information (Pages 535 - 538)

</AI19>

<AI20>

20.	Pension Fund Breaches Log and Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure case report (Pages 539 - 542)

</AI20>

<AI21>

21.	Employer Admissions and Cessations (Pages 543 - 580)

</AI21>

<AI22>

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

</AI22>

<TRAILER_SECTION>

PHILIP BAKER

Deputy Chief Executive 

County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent

LEWES BN7 1UE                                                                                                    10 November 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

</TRAILER_SECTION>

Formatting for Agenda ITEMS:

<LAYOUT_SECTION>

1. FIELD_ITEM_NUMBER

FIELD_TITLE F_PR FIELD_SUMMARY

</LAYOUT_SECTION>

<TITLE_ONLY_LAYOUT_SECTION>

2. FIELD_ITEM_NUMBER

FIELD_TITLE F_PR

</TITLE_ONLY_LAYOUT_SECTION>

Formatting for Sub numbered items:

<SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

2.1 FIELD_ITEM_NUMBER

FIELD_TITLE F_PR FIELD_SUMMARY

</SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<TITLE_ONLY_SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

2.2 FIELD_ITEM_NUMBER

FIELD_TITLE F_PR

</TITLE_ONLY_SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

Formatting for COMMENTS:

<HEADING_LAYOUT_SECTION>

FIELD_TITLE

</HEADING_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<TITLED_COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_SUMMARY

</TITLED_COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

FIELD_SUMMARY

</COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>