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Private Pensions
Table 19: Number of members of occupational pension schemes (2017 estimates)[1]
|
Type of membership |
Number of members (millions) |
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|
1953 |
1963 |
1975 |
1983 |
2000 |
2010 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
||
|
Active members |
Private sector |
3.1 |
7.2 |
6.0 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
3.0 |
5.5 |
7.7 |
8.8 |
|
Public sector |
3.1 |
3.9 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
4.4 |
5.3 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
6.3 |
|
|
Total |
6.2 |
11.1 |
11.4 |
11.1 |
10.1 |
8.3 |
11.1 |
13.5 |
15.1 |
|
|
Pensions in payment |
0.9 |
1.8 |
3.4 |
5.0 |
8.2 |
9.0 |
10.6 |
10.4 |
10.2 |
|
|
Preserved pension entitlements[2] |
* |
* |
* |
* |
6.7 |
9.8 |
11.8 |
15.4 |
15.8 |
|
[1] ONS (2018) Occupational Pension Schemes Survey 2017
[2] Private and public sector breakdowns are not available for preserved pension entitlements before 1991 (* indicates not available).
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