# United Kingdom PEN: EXP: Pensions payable gross of income tax (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: EXP: Pensions payable gross of income tax (ended 2018) () was up 4.7% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 1.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 12,637 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.0% (Q4 2016) to 12.5% (Q4 2012), averaging 3.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKQN.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-pensions-payable-gross-of-income-tax-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 12,637 £m | 4.7 |
| Q3 2018 | 11,997 £m | 1.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 12,102 £m | 4.4 |
| Q1 2018 | 11,918 £m | 3.9 |
| Q4 2017 | 12,067 £m | 8.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 11,793 £m | 1.8 |
| Q2 2017 | 11,597 £m | 3.8 |
| Q1 2017 | 11,476 £m | 1.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 11,156 £m | −7.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 11,589 £m | 2.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 11,172 £m | 1.8 |
| Q1 2016 | 11,277 £m | 4.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 11,999 £m | 7.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 11,281 £m | 3.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 10,974 £m | 1.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 10,820 £m | 3.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 11,152 £m | −6.0 |
| Q3 2014 | 10,938 £m | −3.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 10,806 £m | −2.1 |
| Q1 2014 | 10,462 £m | −5.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 11,870 £m | 4.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 11,346 £m | 7.9 |
| Q2 2013 | 11,043 £m | 3.1 |
| Q1 2013 | 11,065 £m | 6.8 |

## API

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

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