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

 

 

A G E N D A

 

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1.  

Minutes of the meeting held on 18 November 2025 

 

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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 

 

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6.  

Pension Reform Agenda 

 

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7.  

Application for a Combined Pension Committee and Pension Board 

 

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8.  

Triennial Valuation 2025 and Funding Strategy Statement 

 

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9.  

Governance Report 

 

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10.  

East Sussex Pension Fund Quarterly Budget Report 

 

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11.  

Communications Report 

 

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12.  

Pensions Administration report 

 

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13.  

Internal Audit Reports and Strategy for Pensions 2026/27 

 

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14.  

Pension Fund Risk Register 

 

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15.  

Investment Report 

 

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16.  

Work programme 

 

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17.  

Any other non-exempt items previously notified under agenda item 4 

 

 

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18.  

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 

 

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20.  

Investment Report - Exempt Information 

 

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21.  

Governance Report - Exempt Information 

 

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22.  

Pension Fund Breaches Log and Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure case report 

 

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23.  

Employer Admissions and Cessations 

 

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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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