Governing Bodies
How the Fund operates
The City of Wolverhampton Council is the administering authority for the West Midlands Pension Fund under the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). The LGPS is established by statute and its purpose is to provide death and retirement benefits for all eligible employees. The Fund is not a legal body in its own right, and all contracts and assets are held in the name of the City of Wolverhampton Council who became the administering authority under the Local Government Act 1985.
The Fund covers the seven districts in the West Midlands, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Sandwell, Dudley, Solihull, Coventry and Walsall, together with numerous other public sector employers. A full list of the employers within the Fund is contained within the Fund's annual report, available on request.
The City of Wolverhampton Council delegates responsibility for the administration and management of the Fund to the Pensions Committee which comprises 20 members (ten City of Wolverhampton Council members, one elected member from each of the six district councils and four (non-voting) trade union representatives), together with 12 Pensions Board members and Fund Officers. The Managing Director of the City of Wolverhampton Council, who is also the Head of Paid Service, delegates certain responsibilities to the Director of Pensions who, in turn, delegates to officers. This Fund structure is represented in the below diagram.
Fund Governance Structure
