Agenda and minutes
Venue: Members' Conference Room, County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2DN
Contact: Amelia Christopher
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS
To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: None received.
The Chairman welcomed the Deputy Chief Fire Officer for his attendance at the Board meeting and his involvement in firefighters’ pension arrangements.
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MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING: 14 OCTOBER 2019 PDF 70 KB
To agree the minutes as a true record of the meeting. Minutes: The minutes were agreed as an accurate record of the meeting. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.
Notes: · In line with the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012, declarations may relate to the interest of the member, or the member’s spouse or civil partner, or a person with whom the member is living as husband or wife, or a person with whom the member is living as if they were civil partners and the member is aware they have the interest. · Members need only disclose interests not currently listed on the Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests. · Members must notify the Monitoring Officer of any interests disclosed at the meeting so they may be added to the Register. · Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.
Minutes: There were none. |
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QUESTIONS AND PETITIONS
To receive any questions or petitions.
Notes:
1. The deadline for Member’s questions is 12.00pm four working days before the meeting (13 January 2020). 2. The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (10 January 2020). 3. The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received. Minutes: There were none. |
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The Board is asked to review and note its action tracker. Minutes: Witnesses:
Tom Lewis - Pensions Support & Development Manager
Key points raised during the discussion:
Actions/ further information to be provided:
As detailed in the key points above.
RESOLVED:
The Board reviewed and noted its action tracker.
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ADMINISTRATION UPDATE (1 SEPTEMBER 2019 - 31 DECEMBER 2019 PDF 139 KB
The Board is asked to note the content of this report and make recommendations if any further action is required.
Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses:
Lindsey Shaw - Workforce Information Officer Tom Lewis - Pensions Support & Development Manager
Key points raised in the discussion:
· Explained the interim order by the Employment Tribunal in December 2019, whereby claimants were treated as satisfying the age criteria regardless of their actual age as long as they met the other criteria within the scheme at 31 March 2012 and 31 March 2015. Claimants would automatically satisfy schedule 2, paragraph 12 within the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 whereby an active member of the 1992 Scheme would reach normal pension age or be eligible to be an active member of the NFPS at normal pension age by 1st April 2022 - relevant information would go to the Scheme Manager imminently. · Commented that both current Ill-Health and retrospective Ill-Health applications were a priority and would be assessed by Independent Qualified Medical Practitioners (IQMP) under the 1992 and 2015 Schemes. She reported that there had been a handful of such cases within the last five years. · Noted another area of priority regarding those who were treated as if they remained within the 1992 Scheme who wished to retire with immediate effect and met the eligibility requirements of being over 50 with 25 years’ service, the ‘rule of 75’ - including service in the 2015 Scheme. · Reported the absence of further information from the Home Office, which was raised at the last Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) and noted that the factsheet detailing the interim order from the Employment Tribunal was unsatisfactory. The Fire Service was currently fact-finding to identify ... view the full minutes text for item 6/20 |
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The Board is asked to note the content of this report, including changes to the scoring of current risks and the inclusion of additional risks and approve the Surrey Firefighter’s Pension Scheme (FFPS) Risk Register (shown as Annex 1). The Board is further asked to make recommendations of any amendments to the Surrey FFPS Risk Register.
Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses:
Ayaz Malik - Pensions Finance Specialist
Key points raised in the discussion:
RESOLVED:
The Board noted the content of the report, including changes to the scoring of current risks and the inclusion of additional risks and approved the Surrey Firefighter’s Pension Scheme (FFPS) Risk Register.
Actions/ further information to be provided:
The typographical error in risk F19 concerning the potential breach in the cost ‘ceiling’ of the current valuation of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, will be amended to cost ‘floor’.
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REVISED TERMS OF REFERENCE DELEGATION OF ATTENDANCE TO SUBSTITUTES PDF 191 KB
The revised Terms of Reference (version 3) to be adopted by the Local Firefighters’ Pension Board. Minutes: Witnesses:
Lindsey Shaw - Workforce Information Officer
Key points raised in the discussion:
RESOLVED:
The Committee adopted the proposed changes to the Terms of Reference (Version 3) to allow Local Firefighters’ Pensions Board members to delegate attendance. This will ensure the Board can meet and will aid the development of potential future Board members.
Actions/ further information to be provided:
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EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information under the relevant paragraphs of Part 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act. Minutes: RESOLVED: That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information under the relevant paragraphs of Part 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act.
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THE PENSIONS REGULATOR PUBLIC SERVICE GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SURVEY 2019
The Board to note the Survey.
Confidential: Not for publication under Paragraph 3 Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) Minutes: RESOLVED:
The Board noted the Part 2 Survey.
Actions/ further information to be provided:
None.
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DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Surrey Local Firefighters’ Pension Board is to be agreed. Minutes: It was agreed that the date of the next meeting was to be decided by Members subsequent to the meeting. |