Table 6: Registered pension schemes cost of tax relief
This table shows tax and National Insurance contributions relief on occupational pension schemes in the public and private sectors, as well as individuals' personal pensions. It shows the gross cost of this relief, as well as relief net of tax received on pensions paid in retirement.
Documents
Details
The figures are based on HMRC administrative data and information compiled from a variety of sources by the ONS. Costs are subject to large revisions and have a particularly wide margin of error.
Updates to this page
Last updated 26 September 2019 + show all updates
-
Updated table 6 for the latest September 2019 statistics.
-
Updated with new data for tax year 2017 to 2018.
-
Table updated to include data for the tax year 2016 to 2017.
-
Table updated to include the tax year 2015 to 2016.
-
Table updated to the 2014 to 2015 tax year.
-
Table updated for 2013-14
-
Publication updated to February 28th 2014.
-
First published.