"Figure 7.9: Employee membership of a private sector workplace pension: by pension type, 1997 to 2013","" "United Kingdom, percentages","" "","" "Notes","1. Active membership of a pension that is arranged through an employer, main pension only. 2. Results for 2005 (the first dotted line) are based on a new questionnaire and may not be comparable with earlier results 3. Between 2008 and 2009 (the second dotted line) Lloyds Banking Group, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and HBOS plc were reclassified from the private sector to the public sector 4. In 2011 (the third dotted line), ASHE replaced the Standard Occupational Classification 2000 (SOC 2000) with the Standard Occupational Classification 2010 (SOC 2010). The change to SOC 2010 has affected the survey weighting. The overall proportions of employees in the private sector with a pension has changed (by less than one percentage point) as a result of this adjustment. The download file for this chart includes estimates for 2011 on the SOC 2000 and SOC 2010 basis 5. Group stakeholder pensions were first introduced in 2001 in the UK 6. Group self invested personal pensions are included in the group personal pension category" "Unit","Percentages" "","" "Year","Defined benefit occupational","Defined contribution occupational","Group personal pension","Stakeholder pension","Pension type unknown","Total" "1997","33.8","10.8","1.1","","","45.7" "1998","32.3","11.7","1.1","","","45.2" "1999","30.0","10.5","4.8","","","45.3" "2000","28.6","10.5","6.3","","","45.4" "2001","27.4","10.5","7.7","","","45.6" "2002","26.3","10.5","7.9","2.6","","47.3" "2003","24.3","11.3","7.6","2.9","","46.1" "2004","22.4","10.3","7.5","3.1","","43.2" "2005","18.5","8.3","7.3","4.3","2.5","41.0" "2006","16.5","9.3","8.4","4.7","2.9","41.8" "2007","15.4","8.9","8.3","5.2","2.7","40.4" "2008","13.6","8.5","8.1","5.1","2.2","37.4" "2009","12.4","8.6","8.6","5.0","0.7","35.3" "2010","11.0","8.9","8.6","5.1","0.8","34.4" "2011 (SOC 2000)","9.4","8.7","8.9","4.9","0.8","32.7" "2011 (SOC 2010)","9.3","8.7","8.8","4.8","0.8","32.4" "2012","8.4","8.7","8.9","4.6","1.1","31.8" "2013","8.6","11.1","10.9","4.9","0.4","35.8"