Pension Committee

Thursday, 26 February 2026

10.00 am Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

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

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1.	Minutes of the meeting held on 18 November 2025 (Pages 3 - 14)

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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 15 - 26)

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6.	Pension Reform Agenda (Pages 27 - 30)

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7.	Application for a Combined Pension Committee and Pension Board (Pages 31 - 34)

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8.	Triennial Valuation 2025 and Funding Strategy Statement (Pages 35 - 202)

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9.	Governance Report (Pages 203 - 272)

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10.	East Sussex Pension Fund Quarterly Budget Report (Pages 273 - 288)

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11.	Communications Report (Pages 289 - 296)

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12.	Pensions Administration - updates (Pages 297 - 310)

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13.	Internal Audit Reports and Strategy for Pensions 2026/27 (Pages 311 - 342)

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14.	Pension Fund Risk Register (Pages 343 - 354)

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15.	Investment Report (Pages 355 - 402)

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16.	Work programme (Pages 403 - 422)

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17.	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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19.	Pension Reform Agenda - Exempt Information (Pages 423 - 460)

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20.	Investment Report - Exempt Information (Pages 461 - 476)

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21.	Governance Report - Exempt Information (Pages 477 - 480)

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22.	Pension Fund Breaches Log and Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure case report (Pages 481 - 486)

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23.	Employer Admissions and Cessations (Pages 487 - 492)

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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                                                                                                       18 February 2026

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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