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Pension Trends provides a statistical backdrop for the debate on pensions. It looks at changes in pension provision over time in the context of social and economic developments and changes in the policy environment.

Pension Trends was first released as a hardcopy publication in 2005. Updated chapters are published on the website. They include additional topical analysis where relevant, and new chapters on emerging areas of interest. Key chapters are updated annually, with others appearing less frequently.

Pension Trends contains chapters on pensions legislation and reforms; the ageing population and the transition from work to retirement; state pensions; private pensions, including membership of pension schemes, pension contributions and scheme funding and investment; saving for retirement; pensioner income (from pensions and other sources) and expenditure; and pensions in the National Accounts.

To download Pension Trends chapters, follow the links below. To obtain the data, download the chapters and click on the tables and figures to reveal the Excel data files. Please note that Pension Trends was restructured in March 2009: the chapter numbering has changed, some new chapters are planned (shown as ‘forthcoming’) and some chapters have been archived (follow link below).

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arrow Go to archive, news releases and articles
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arrow Ch 1: Pensions legislation: an overview
Published 13 June 08
- arrow Ch 2: Population Change
Published 13 June 08
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arrow Ch 3: Life expectancy and healthy ageing
Published 15 Dec 08
- arrow Ch 4: The labour market and retirement
Published 22 Oct 08
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arrow NEW Ch 5: State pensions
Published 23 June 09
- arrow NEW Ch 6: Private pensions
Published 23 June 09
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arrow Ch 7: Private Pension Scheme Membership
Published 28 May 09
- arrow Ch 8: Pensions Contributions
Published 25 Mar 09
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arrow Ch 9: Pension scheme funding and investment
Published 27 Jan 09
- Ch 10: Saving for retirement
Forthcoming 2010
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arrow Ch 11: Pensioner income and expenditure
Published 27 Jan 09
- arrow Ch 12: Household pension resources
Republished 14 July 08
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Ch 13: Inequality and poverty (provisional name)
Forthcoming 2009
- arrow Ch14: Pensions and the National Accounts
Published 25 Mar 09
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Pension Trends draws together statistics from ONS, a number of government departments and other organisations to highlight the complex issues that shape trends in pension provision in the UK.
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arrow Glossary (70Kb, pdf)
arrow Pensions Sources and Data Links
arrow Pension Trends Publication Timetable (26Kb, pdf)
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 Updated 23 June 2009
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