# United Kingdom PEN: EXP: Lump sums payable on retirement (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: EXP: Lump sums payable on retirement (ended 2018) () was up 13.5% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 4.4% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 2,180.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −28.4% (Q1 2011) to 48.6% (Q1 2010), averaging 4.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKQO.MEASURE-EXPENSE.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1992-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (108 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-exp-lump-sums-payable-on-retirement-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 2,180.0 £m | 13.5 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,290.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q2 2018 | 2,375.0 £m | 10.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,898.0 £m | −3.4 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,920.0 £m | −4.5 |
| Q3 2017 | 2,193.0 £m | −0.09 |
| Q2 2017 | 2,150.0 £m | −6.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 1,965.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 2,010.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 2,195.0 £m | 3.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 2,303.0 £m | 12.9 |
| Q1 2016 | 2,179.0 £m | 27.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 2,035.0 £m | 9.9 |
| Q3 2015 | 2,130.0 £m | 8.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 2,039.0 £m | 2.7 |
| Q1 2015 | 1,710.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q4 2014 | 1,851.0 £m | −3.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,958.0 £m | −7.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,985.0 £m | −2.7 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,675.0 £m | −5.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,924.0 £m | 7.8 |
| Q3 2013 | 2,110.0 £m | 11.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 2,040.0 £m | −2.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 1,769.0 £m | −7.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKQO.MEASURE-EXPENSE.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKQO.MEASURE-EXPENSE.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```