Guide to pension statistics

This guide is designed to provide links to the main data sources dealing with UK pension statistics.

If you have any comments or queries about information contained in this guide please email: pensionsanalysis@ons.gsi.gov.uk

• State pensions

  Data sources for statistics on state pensions

• Private (non-state) pensions

  Data sources for statistics on private, occupational and personal pensions

• Aggregate pensions analysis

  Links to aggregate pensions analysis data sources for pension funds and pensions in the National Accounts

• Saving for retirement (accumulation)

  Data sources for statistics on pension accumulation

• Income and expenditure (decumulation)

  Sources for Income and expenditure (decumulation) statistics used in the compilation of pension statistics

• Demography and the labour market

  Demographic and labour market data sources for pension statistics

• Pension organisations

  Organisations producing pension statistics and analysis

• Data sources (general list)

  A list of statistical sources used to collect data for ONS's pension statistics

• Pension Trends data sources

  Sources of information used to compile ONS's pension statistics

• Users of ONS pension statistics

  Documents about the users and uses of ONS's pension statistics

• Pension statistics reviews 2002-04

  Key announcements, reports and discussion documents from the ONS pension statistics reviews 2002-2004

• Pension Statistics Task Force

  The ONS Pension Statistics Task Force (PSTF) was created in 2004 to address issues raised by the review of ONS pension contributions statistics