Issue - meetings

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This report (PF7) updates the Committee on progress against the administration improvement plan and the target agreed with the Pension Regulator for 31 August 2018. It also covers future plans to ensure that similar breaches of the pension regulations are not repeated going forward.

The Committee is RECOMMENDED to note the achievements against the targets set for 31 August 2018; and the key components of the comprehensive plan to be submitted to the Pension Regulator to ensure sustainable improvements going forward.

The Committee RESOLVED to:

(a)  commend Sally Fox and her Team for all their achievements against the targets set and to look forward to the Teams’ continued efforts to seek further improvements to the target;

(b)  request Mr Collins to bring a report to the December 2018 meeting setting out what resources the Team had to escalate the iconnect programme; and

(c)  to include a standard item on each Committee agenda for time being on progress in relation to the iconnect programme.

The Committee RESOLVED to move into exempt session in order to discuss information received from the Pension Regulator since the Agenda despatch appertaining to the Administration Improvement Plan. This will be the subject of a confidential Minute in that it was;

3.         Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and since it was considered that, in all circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would distort the proper process of free negotiations with another party.

The Committee considered a report (PF7) which gave the latest information on progress in relation to the Administration Improvement Plan and the target agreed with the Pensions Regulator for 31 August 2018. It also covered future plans to ensure that similar breaches of the pension regulations were not repeated going forward.

The Committee was asked to note the achievements against the targets set for 31 August 2018 and the key components of the comprehensive plan to be submitted to the Pensions Regulator to ensure sustainable improvements going forward.

The Committee RESOLVED to:

(a)  commend Sally Fox and her Team for all their achievements against the targets set and to look forward to the Teams’ continued efforts to seek further improvements to the target;

(b)  request Mr Collins to bring a report to the December 2018 meeting setting out what resources the Team had to escalate the iconnect programme; and

(c)  to include a standard item on each Committee agenda for the time being on progress in relation to the iconnect programme.

The Committee RESOLVED to move into exempt session in order to discuss information received from the Pension Regulator since the Agenda despatch appertaining to the Administration Improvement Plan. This will be the subject of a confidential Minute in that it was;

3.         Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and since it was considered that, in all circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would distort the proper process of free negotiations with another party.