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Local Pension Board

Delegated Powers

The Authority’s Local Pension Board was established on 1 April 2015 in accordance with statutory requirements set out in the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.

The Board will be responsible for ensuring that good standards of governance are achieved and maintained in the implementation and application of the Firefighters’ Pension Schemes.  A copy of the Board’s latest Annual Report can be found by clicking on the relevant tab below.

The West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority Local Pension Board comprises six members: 3 Scheme Manager (employer) and 3 Scheme Member (2 x current / retired / deferred employee and 1 x representative of the Fire Brigades’ Union) representatives.

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Scheme Manager Representatives

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Cllr Mike Pollard
Conservative Group
Portrait of Councillor Fozia Shaheen.
Cllr Fozia Shaheen
Labour Group
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John Roberts
Chief Fire Officer
 

Scheme Member Representatives

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Ryan Binks
Vacancy
Vacancy
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Jim Davies
 

Meetings – Agendas and Minutes

 
4 July 2025
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West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Meeting of the Local Pension Board to be held on Friday 4 July 2025 at 12:00pm or upon the rising of the People and Culture Committee at Fire Services Head Quarters

 

Agenda

1    Appointment of Chair and Vice Chair 2025 – 26

2    Membership of the Local Pension Board 2025 – 26

3    Urgent items


4    Admission of the public 

  • The Board is asked to consider whether, by resolution, to exclude the public from the meeting during the items of business marked with an ‘E’ reference, because of the possibility of the disclosure of exempt information.

5    Declarations of interest 

  • To consider any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interest in relation to any item of business on the agenda.

6    Minutes of the previous meeting held on 17 January 2025

7    Terms of Reference – Annual Review

8.    Local Pension Board Annual Report 2024 – 25

9.    Local Pension Board Activity report

10.    Scrutiny and Review  
         
11.    Pension Ombudsman – update  

12.    Legislative update

13.    Age Discrimination Remedy

14.    Matthews Remedy

15.    Minutes of the Scheme Advisory Board meetings held on 12 September 2024 and 12 December 2024

16.    West Yorkshire Pension Fund – Key Performance Indicators  

17.    Firefighter Pension Scheme bulletins 


 

Agenda Reports Minutes

 
23 January 2026
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West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Meeting of the Local Pension Board to be held on Friday 23 January 2026 at 12:00pm, or upon the rising of the People and Culture Committee at Fire Services Head Quarters

 

Agenda

1    Chairs Announcements

2    Admission of the Public

  • The Board is asked to consider whether, by resolution, to exclude the public from the meeting during the items of business marked with an ‘E’ reference, because of the possibility of the disclosure of exempt information.

3    Urgent Items

4    Declarations of Interest

  • To consider any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interest in relation to any item of business on the agenda.

5    Minutes of the last meeting held on 4 July 2025


 

 

 

 

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Minutes

 

 
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This page contains links to the Agendas and Minutes of the Local Pension Board meetings from previous years.

2024/2025

  • 2 August 2024 Agenda Reports Minutes
  • 17 January 2025 Agenda Reports Minutes (Draft)

2023/2024

  • 4 August 2023 Agenda Reports Minutes
  • 19 January 2024 Agenda Reports Minutes

2022/2023

  • 5 August 2022 Agenda Reports Minutes
  • 20 January 2023 Agenda Reports Minutes 

2021/2022

  • 22 July 2021 Agenda Reports Minutes
  • 19 January 2022 Agenda Reports Minutes 

2020/2021

  • 24 July 2020  Agenda  Reports  Minutes
  • 28 January 2021  Agenda  Reports  Minutes
  • 23 April 2021  Agenda  Reports  Minutes

2019/2020

  • 5 July 2019  Agenda  Reports  Minutes
  • 31 January  2020  Agenda  Reports  Minutes
  • 20 April 2020  Minutes

2018/2019

  • 6 July 2018  Agenda  Reports  Minutes
  • 5 October 2018  Agenda  Reports  Minutes
  • 11 January 2019  Agenda  Reports  Minutes

Disclosable Pecuniary Interests for current Local Pension Board Members

Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (LPB) - Ryan Binks
Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (LPB) - Jim Davies
Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (LPB) - Michael Pollard
Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (LPB) - John Roberts
Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (LPB) - Fozia Shaheen

Terms of Reference

LPB Terms of Reference

Annual Reports

LPB Annual Report 2023 – 24
LPB Annual Report 2022 – 23
LPB Annual Report 2021 - 22
LPB Annual report 2020 - 21
LPB Annual Report 2019 - 20

Policies

Pension Breaches Policy
Pension Risk Register

 

Digital Accessibility: In order to comply with the Accessibility Directive (Public Sector) we are working towards providing accessible content on our website and documents. While this work is in progress we can provide accessible or alternative formats upon request to: committee.services@westyorksfire.gov.uk

 

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