Pension schemes data, research reports and surveys providing an interesting overview of the current pensions landscape.
Automatic enrolment
Research and analysis relating to automatic enrolment.
Declaration of compliance monthly reports
The automatic enrolment monthly declaration of compliance report is based on information provided to us by employers when they complete their declaration, supplemented by annual reports including additional analysis and commentary.
Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance: monthly report
Published: December 2024
Climate change
Research and analysis relating to climate change.
Market oversight: Review of trustee compliance with Environmental, Social and Governance duties
Published: July 2024
Findings from our review of Statements of Investment Principles and Implementation Statements.
Review of climate-related disclosures by occupational pension schemes: year two
Published: April 2024
Observations and feedback to industry based on our review of a selection from the second year of reports required to meet climate reporting duties.
Review of climate-related disclosures by occupational pension schemes
Published: March 2023
Observations and feedback to industry based on our review of a selection of the tranche one climate-related disclosures published by occupational pension schemes.
DB pension schemes
Research and analysis relating to defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.
Occupational defined benefit (DB) landscape in the UK
This annual official statistics publication provides an overview of the occupational defined benefit (DB) and hybrid scheme landscape in the UK, reporting on scheme status, membership levels and assets under management.
Occupational defined benefit (DB) landscape in the UK 2024
Published: December 2024
Archived statistics: DB landscape reports before 2024
All previous occupational DB landscape publications can be found on the National Archives website. Due to methodological changes between publications, these archived publications should not be compared with our current publication. When methodology changes have occurred, a historic comparison using the new method will be available in the current publication.
DB schemes survey
Research on DB trust-based pension schemes.
Purple Book
The Purple Book was a joint annual publication by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and The Pensions Regulator, focusing on the risks faced by DB pension schemes, predominantly in the private sector.
The Purple Book is now published by the PPF and can be found on the PPF website.
Scheme funding analysis
The annual scheme funding report is based on the analysis of valuations submitted to TPR by UK DB and hybrid schemes. The publication is produced in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority Code for official statistics which came into force in January 2009.
Occupational defined benefit scheme funding analysis 2024
Published: September 2024
Based on tranche 17 schemes (with effective valuation dates falling from 22 September 2021 to 21 September 2022 inclusive).
Scheme funding analysis 2023
Published: August 2023
Based on tranche 16 schemes (with effective valuation dates falling from 22 September 2020 to 21 September 2021 inclusive).
Scheme funding analysis 2022
Published: July 2022
Based on Tranche 15 schemes (with effective valuation dates falling from 22 September 2019 to 21 September 2020 inclusive).
Annual funding statement research
Research findings relating to our defined benefit (DB) annual funding statements. You can find our DB annual funding statements in our statements section.
DC pension schemes
Research and analysis relating to defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.
DC trust
DC trust is an annual publication giving a high-level snapshot of the trust-based DC and hybrid landscape.
We recommend that you use the most recent version of DC trust as it includes data for a number of previous years.
The 2023 occupational DC landscape statistics have been produced based on updated data validation methods for scheme status, automatic enrolment scheme identification, and executive pensions plan scheme identification. It includes a time series for comparability. The 2023 report also includes a correction to membership figures from the 2022 publication. We advise always using the latest version of the publication for the most accurate statistics.
Occupational defined contribution landscape in the UK 2023
Published: May 2024
The DC trust: scheme return data 2022 to 2023
Published: January 2023
DC trust: scheme return data 2021 to 2022
Published: January 2022
DC schemes survey
Research on DC trust-based pension schemes.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Promoting high standards of diversity and inclusion among our regulated community
Published: September 2022
Our action plan to support governing bodies to improve their diversity and inclusion practices.
Public service pension schemes
Research on pension schemes in the public sector.
Pension scams
Summary of a review into the threat of pension scams.
Pension scams threat assessment: summary
Published: 15 June 2022
Perceptions trackers
The perceptions tracker is an annual survey involving extensive interviews across our key stakeholder audiences. It enables us to monitor opinions and perceptions of us as a regulator and gives a good indication of how satisfied people are with their contact with us.
Administrator survey
Data requests
Older research
Find older research on the National Archives website:
Reports with 24 hours pre-release access
Organisations and job titles of people who have been granted 24 hours pre-release access.
How we are regulated by the OSR
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.