Personal pensions

These statistics provide information on the value of contributions to non-occupational personal pensions, and estimates of the cost of tax relief in respect of employer and individual contributions to personal and occupational non-State registered pension schemes.

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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has reviewed the methodology behind all of the tables and has consequently made some revisions. All of the methodology is explained in the full statistics release along with additional analysis and commentary.

HMRC has also taken the opportunity to renumber the tables to better reflect the publication timetable.

Table PEN1 - was previously Table 7.16
Table PEN2 - was previously Tables 7.4 & 7.5 now combined.
Table PEN2.1 - was previously Table 7.4
Table PEN2.2 - was previously Table 7.5
Table PEN3 - was previously Table 7.10
Table PEN4 - was previously Table 7.11
Table PEN5 - was previously Table 7.12
Table PEN6 - was previously Table 7.9

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User registration

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Registering interest in national statistics - user registration (Opens new window)

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Full statistics release

Personal pension statistics introduction (PDF 228K)

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Tables

Personal pensions, retirement annuity contracts and free standing Additional Voluntary Contributions

Personal pensions (including stakeholder pensions) for individuals: annual contributions

Personal pensions for individuals: annual contributions

Stakeholder pensions for individuals: annual contributions

Personal pensions - estimated number of individuals contributing and average contribution by status

Personal pensions - estimated number of individuals contributing by gender and age

Personal pensions - estimate number of individuals contributing by country and region

Registered pension schemes - cost of tax relief

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Quality Reports

Quality Report: Personal Pension Statistics: PEN1, PEN2, PEN2.1, PEN2.2 and PEN6 (PDF 29K)

Quality Report: Personal Pension Statistics: PEN3, PEN4 and PEN5 (PDF 25K)

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Tables for previous years

Personal and Stakeholder pensions: annual contributions (XLS 115K)

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