The Local Pension Board is to assist the London Fire Commissioner with managing the Brigade's pension scheme. It ensures that good standards of governance are achieved and maintained in the implementation and application of the Firefighters’ Pension Schemes. The board was established in 2015, as required by the Firefighters Pension Scheme Regulations 2015. It meets at least four times a year, but may meet more times if needed.
You can find useful information on our partner’s Local Pension Partnership website.
The Local Pension Board comprises of 8 members. Four members represent the employer and four represent the employees. The board is currently made up of the following members:
Independent Chair:
Clair Alcock
London Fire Commissioner Employer Representatives:
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Daniel Kipling
Assistant Commissioner, Keeley Foster
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Nick Davis
Substitutes:
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Frazer Ferguson
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Pat Goulbourne
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Thomas Goodall
Vacant Position
Trade Union Employee Representatives
Jon Lambe (Fire Brigades Union)
Dave Shek (Fire Brigades Union)
Gareth Beeton (Fire Brigades Union)
Clive Robinson (Fire Officers Association)
Substitutes:
Gareth Cook (Fire Brigades Union)
Adam Shaw (Fire Brigades Union)
Vacant Position
Vacant Position
Clair has over 24 years’ experience in the pensions industry, with over 18 years gained specifically in police and fire public sector pensions and is a leading national expert on Police and Fire pension schemes. Claire held a role of the Senior Pension Advisor for Fire pensions at the LGA from 2014 to 2021.
In this role, she was responsible for the design and leadership of a service provided to each of the 44 FRAs in their role as scheme manager, to manage the administration, management and governance of the Firefighter Pension Schemes. This included being a national voice for FRAs with Home Office and Whitehall officials and being present in court during the entire Sargeant and McCloud tribunal hearings. Clair was also responsible for establishing the Firefighters Scheme Advisory Board.
Since then Clair has been the Head of Police Pensions at the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). During this time she has established the NPCC Police Pension Team as the national experts on the Police pension scheme and contributed to the strategic role of NPCC in providing co-ordination, collaboration and communication to 43 Police forces in England and Wales. She has also launched a national website for provision of information to scheme members and is the lead on remedy reform change.
1. The purpose of the Local Pension Board (‘the Board’) is to assist the London Fire Commissioner (‘the Commissioner’), in their role of Scheme Manager: a. To secure compliance with legislation relating to the governance and administration of the firefighters’ pension schemes (the schemes), and any requirements imposed by the Pensions Regulator in relation to the firefighters’ pension schemes; and b. To ensure the effective and efficient governance and administration of the firefighters’ pension schemes.