Agenda for Pensions Committee on Tuesday, 18th March 2025, 6.00 p.m.

Agenda

Pensions Committee - Tuesday, 18th March 2025 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Council Chamber, Wallasey Town Hall. View directions

Contact: Michael Jones, Principal Democaratic Services Officer Email: Michaeljones1@wirral.gov.uk. Tel. 0151 691 8363

Media

Items
No.	Item
1.	WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Additional documents: Webcast for 1.
2.	APOLOGIES Additional documents: Webcast for 2.
3.	Members' Code of Conduct - Declarations of Interest Members of the Committee are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non pecuniary interests, in connection with any item(s) on the agenda and state the nature of the interest. Additional documents: Webcast for 3.
4.	Minutes PDF 111 KB To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 9 December 2024. Additional documents: Webcast for 4.
5.	PUBLIC QUESTIONS Additional documents: Webcast for 5.
5a	Public Questions Notice of question to be given in writing or by email by 12 noon, Thursday 13 March 2025, to the Council’s Monitoring Officer (via the online form here: Public Question Form) and to be dealt with in accordance with Standing Order 10. The question to be put at the meeting shall not exceed 100 words in length. Please telephone the Committee Services Officer if you have not received an acknowledgement of your question by the deadline for submission. For more information on how your personal information will be used, please see this link: Document Data Protection Protocol Additional documents: Webcast for 5a
5b	Statements and Petitions Statements Notice of representations to be given in writing by 12 noon, Thursday 13 March 2025, to the Council’s Monitoring Officer. To register your intention to give a statement please do so via this link: Public Statement Notification, and this will be dealt with in accordance with Standing Order 11.1. Petitions Petitions may be presented to the Committee if provided to Democratic and Member Services no later than 3 working days before the meeting, at the discretion of the Chair. The person presenting the petition will be allowed to address the meeting briefly (not exceeding three minutes) to outline the aims of the petition. The Chair will refer the matter to another appropriate body of the Council within whose terms of reference it falls without discussion, unless a relevant item appears elsewhere on the Agenda. If a petition contains more than 5,000 signatures, it will be debated at a subsequent meeting of Council for up to 15 minutes, at the discretion of the Mayor. Please give notice of petitions to committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk in advance of the meeting, and telephone the Committee Services Officer if you have not received an acknowledgement of your statement/petition by the deadline for submission. Additional documents: Webcast for 5b
5c	Questions by Members Questions by Members to dealt with in accordance with Standing Orders 12.3 to 12.8. Additional documents: Webcast for 5c
6.	Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) UPDATE PDF 133 KB View the background to item 6. Additional documents: Webcast for 6.
7.	TREASURY MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR 2025/26 AND ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2023/24 PDF 166 KB View the background to item 7. Additional documents: Webcast for 7.
8.	CYBER GOVERNANCE POLICY PDF 127 KB View the background to item 8. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for CYBER GOVERNANCE POLICY , item 8. PDF 322 KB Webcast for 8.
9.	RISK POLICY PDF 112 KB View the background to item 9. Additional documents: Enc. 2 for RISK POLICY , item 9. PDF 313 KB Webcast for 9.
10.	NORTHERN LGPS UPDATE PDF 114 KB View the background to item 10. Additional documents: Enc. 2 for NORTHERN LGPS UPDATE , item 10. PDF 85 KB Webcast for 10.
11.	WIRRAL LOCAL PENSION BOARD MINUTES PDF 83 KB View the background to item 11. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for WIRRAL LOCAL PENSION BOARD MINUTES , item 11. PDF 84 KB Webcast for 11.
12.	MINUTES OF WORKING PARTY MEETINGS PDF 104 KB View the background to item 12. Additional documents: Enc. 2 for MINUTES OF WORKING PARTY MEETINGS , item 12. PDF 90 KB Enc. 3 for MINUTES OF WORKING PARTY MEETINGS , item 12. PDF 63 KB Webcast for 12.
13.	ACTUARIAL CONTRACT AWARD PDF 136 KB View the background to item 13. Additional documents: Webcast for 13.
14.	LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION SCHEME: FIT FOR THE FUTURE PDF 135 KB View the background to item 14. Additional documents: Webcast for 14.
15.	MERSEYSIDE PENSION FUND BUDGET FINANCIAL YEAR 2025/26 PDF 115 KB View the background to item 15. Additional documents: Enc. 2 for MERSEYSIDE PENSION FUND BUDGET FINANCIAL YEAR 2025/26 , item 15. PDF 93 KB Webcast for 15.
16.	Exempt Information - Exclusion of Members of the Public The following items contain exempt information. RECOMMENDATION: That, under section 100 (A) (4) 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 as defined by the relevant paragraphs of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to that Act. The Public Interest test has been applied and favours exclusion. Additional documents: Webcast for 16.
17.	LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION SCHEME: FIT FOR THE FUTURE exempt appendix View the reasons why item 17. is restricted View the background to item 17.
	Terms of Reference PDF 43 KB The terms of reference for this committee can be found at the end of this agenda. Additional documents: Webcast