"Figure 6.8: Proportion of employees with a defined contribution workplace pension: by size of employer, 1997 to 2012","" "United Kingdom, Percentages","" "","" "Notes","1. Pension is arranged through an employer, main pension only. 2. Defined contribution (DC) covers occupational DC schemes, group personal and group stakeholder pensions 3. The size of the employer is determined by the number of employees 4. Results presented exclude membership where pension type is unknown, some of which will be DC membership 5. Results for 2005 onwards are based on a new questionnaire and may not be comparable to earlier results 6. In 2011, the ASHE results were reweighted as a result of the introduction of the new SOC classification. Results for 2011 onwards are presented on the SOC2010 basis" "Unit","Percentages" "","" "","1 to 12","13 to 99","100 to 499","500 to 999","1000 or more","All" "1997","12","12","12","11","8","10" "1998","10","11","13","12","10","10" "1999","12","17","18","14","8","12" "2000","12","19","20","14","8","12" "2001","12","21","22","16","9","13" "2002","16","25","26","19","10","16" "2003","15","27","27","19","10","16" "2004","13","25","26","19","10","15" "2005","13","25","26","20","10","15" "2006","13","25","28","21","12","17" "2007","11","23","27","22","12","16" "2008","10","23","27","24","11","16" "2009","10","23","28","25","12","16" "2010","10","23","27","25","13","16" "2011","9","20","26","26","13","16" "2012","8","20","26","26","15","17"