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As you are aware NIFRS Pensions Department at HQ and the HSC Pension Administration staff have continued to work on the implementation of the McCloud/Age discrimination remedy. We have not met the statutory deadline and have reported this as a breach to The Pension Regulator. The 18 month timeframe from 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2025 was always going to be challenging, not only for NIFRS but for all the public sector pension schemes.
We have made progress; roll back has been applied to the majority of our Wholetime and On-Call members and this is now reflected on their Member Self Service Portal. Members who have retired from November 2024 have been given their choice on retirement. Work is continuing between HSC Pensions and the software provider to automate the necessary calculations.
Below is the revised timeline in which we endeavour to complete each of the cohorts. The members who retired most recently within each cohort will be actioned first.
| Cohort/Category of Member | Estimate Completion Date |
| Revised Pension Saving Statements | 30/06/2025 |
| Combined ABS/RSS for Active and Deferred Members (Deferred Choice Members) | 31/08/2025 |
| Pension Saving Statements for 24-25 Year | 06/10/2025 |
| Deceased and Dependants no Protection | 30/11/2025 |
| Ill Health Pensioners no protection | 28/02/2026 |
| Ordinary Pensioners no protection | 31/03/2026 |
| Deceased and Dependants tapered protection | 30/04/2026 |
| Ill Health Pensioners tapered protection | 30/07/2026 |
| Ordinary Pensioners tapered protection | 30/10/2026 |
| Deceased and Dependants full protection | 30/11/2026 |
| Ill Health Pensioners full protection | 31/12/2026 |
| Ordinary Pensioners full protection | 31/03/2027 |
Note there may be some slippage in this timeframe, which is why it is indicative, as the project progresses. Some members with additional complexities such as divorces or transfers in may take a little longer to process.
Further information on the age discrimination case is available on the NIFRS Pension Scheme section of the HSCPS website.