Official Statistics

Flexible payments from pensions

Number and value of flexible payments made from pensions since April 2015.

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Flexible payments from pensions

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Since April 2015, people aged 55 and over can access their defined contribution pension savings as they wish, subject to their marginal rate of Income Tax.

This publication includes the number of flexible payments made from pensions, the number of individuals who have received a flexible payment and the total value of all flexible payments reported to HMRC.

Updates to this page

Published 28 October 2015
Last updated 30 April 2021 + show all updates
  1. Updated with data for first quarter of 2021

  2. Updated to include data for the fourth quarter of 2020

  3. Updated to include data from Quarter 3 (July to September) of 2020.

  4. Updated to include Quarter 2 2020.

  5. Updated to include Quarter 1 2020.

  6. Updated to include 2019 Quarter 4.

  7. Updated to include 2019 Quarter 3

  8. Updated to include 2019 Quarter 2

  9. Updated to include 2019 Quarter 1

  10. Updated to include 2018 Quarter 4.

  11. Updated to include 2018 Quarter 3.

  12. Updated to include 2018 Quarter 2.

  13. Updated to include 2018 Quarter 1 and 2017 to 2018 year totals.

  14. Updated to include 2017 Quarter 4.

  15. Updated to include 2017 Quarter 3.

  16. Updated to include 2017 Quarter 2.

  17. Updated to include 2017 Quarter 1 and 2016 to 2017 year totals.

  18. Updated to include 2016 Quarter 4.

  19. Updated to include 2016 Quarter 3.

  20. Updated to include 2016 Quarter 2.

  21. Updated to include 2016 Quarter 1 and 2015 to 2016 year totals.

  22. Updated statistics to cover the first three quarters of tax year 2015 to 2016

  23. First published.

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