Governance and Risk Update
Councils are addressing delays in implementing the McCloud remedy and managing cyber security risks to pension fund data.
Sutton Council's Pension Committee discussed governance and risk management in December 2025. A Governance and Risk Update identified "Failure to protect the Fund's key information and data as a result of malicious cyber-attack" as an amber-rated risk, potentially compromising confidential member information. Separately, a Pension Administration Projects Update reported that Sutton's Pension Fund missed the statutory deadline for the McCloud remedy.
The McCloud remedy addresses age discrimination in public sector pensions. Sutton Council's Pension Fund set a new target completion date of June 2026 for its implementation. Kingston upon Thames' Pension Fund also faced potential delays in meeting the McCloud remedy deadline, as discussed by its Pension Board in July 2025, due to essential software deliveries from Civica being pushed back.
The software upgrades from Civica are necessary for rectifying members' benefits and performing bulk recalculations to comply with the McCloud remedy. Kingston was scheduled to receive these upgrades into their live environment in July 2025. Sutton Council's Pension Fund aims to complete its implementation of the McCloud remedy by June 2026.
Key facts
- A Governance and Risk Update in December 2025 identified "Failure to protect the Fund's key information and data as a result of malicious cyber-attack" as an amber-rated risk. Source
- Sutton Council's Pension Fund missed the statutory deadline for implementing the McCloud remedy, as reported in December 2025. Source
- Sutton Council's Pension Fund set a new target completion date of June 2026 for the McCloud remedy. Source
- Kingston upon Thames' Pension Fund faced potential delays in meeting the McCloud remedy deadline, discussed in July 2025. Source
- Delays in essential software deliveries from Civica caused potential delays for Kingston's McCloud remedy implementation. Source
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