Total pension liabilities 'rise by £1trn' in five years

Data from ONS

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Total UK pension liabilities rose to £7.6trn in the five year period from 2010 to 2015, according to latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

When the ONS last measured total pension promises across workplace and state provision, at the end of 2010, they stood at £6.6trn. Of the total £7.6trn, state pension accounted for about £4trn, £917bn was linked to unfunded public sector pensions and £300bn to the Local Government Pension Scheme. Occupational pension scheme liabilities now total £2.3trn, including about £2trn in private defined benefit schemes and £200bn in trust-based defined contribution schemes.  Defined contribution schemes had about £240bn invested in them at by the end of 2015. Just over £300bn was in persona...

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