"Figure 2: Employee and employer contributions increased by 4% and 8% respectively from Quarter 2 2021 to Quarter 3 2021","" "Private sector defined contribution schemes, employee and employer contributions, UK, £ million, Quarter 3 (Jul to Sept) 2019 to Quarter 3 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Employee contributions to defined contribution (DC) schemes include tax relief at source, that is, amounts claimed by the scheme from HM Revenue and Customs in respect of tax relief on members’ pension contributions." "Unit","£ million" "","" "","Total employee contributions","Total employer contributions" "Q3 2019","1732","3630" "Q4 2019","1766","3670" "Q1 2020","1708","3482" "Q2 2020","1547","3323" "Q3 2020","1713","3488" "Q4 2020","1811","3548" "Q1 2021","1923","3889" "Q2 2021","1843","3877" "Q3 2021","1910","4201"