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Private Pension Estimates and the National Accounts
ONS presents preliminary estimates of total pension contributions from 1995 to 2002 on a new definition that embraces all private pensions.
Authors: Christina Forrest, Pauline Penneck, Geoff Tily
This article presents preliminary estimates of total pension contributions from 1995 to 2002 on a new definition that embraces all private pensions.These estimates show substantial changes compared with previous statistics,but remain subject to a high degree of uncertainty.
The article also discusses other changes in the compilation of pension components in the National Accounts and provides a preliminary assessment of the impact on key National Accounts aggregates.