King's College
Virginia Woolf Building
1st Floor, 22 Kingsway
London, WC2B 6LE
Tel. 020 7848 3744
Mob. 07718 647 567
Table 19: Number of members of occupational pension schemes (2018 estimates)[1]
Type of membership |
Number of members (millions) |
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1963 |
1975 |
1983 |
2000 |
2010 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
||
Active members |
Private sector |
7.2 |
6.0 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
3.0 |
5.5 |
7.7 |
8.8 |
11.0 |
Public sector |
3.9 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
4.4 |
5.3 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
|
Total |
11.1 |
11.4 |
11.1 |
10.1 |
8.3 |
11.1 |
13.5 |
15.1 |
17.3 |
|
Pensions in payment |
1.8 |
3.4 |
5.0 |
8.2 |
9.0 |
10.6 |
10.4 |
10.2 |
10.2 |
|
Preserved pension entitlements[2] |
: |
: |
: |
6.7 |
9.8 |
11.8 |
15.4 |
15.8 |
18.0 |
[1] ONS (2018) Occupational Pension Schemes Survey 2018
[2] Private and public sector breakdowns are not available for preserved pension entitlements before 1991 (* indicates not available).
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King's College
Virginia Woolf Building
1st Floor, 22 Kingsway
London, WC2B 6LE
Tel. 020 7848 3744
Mob. 07718 647 567
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