# United Kingdom PEN: EXP: Total administration costs met by the fund (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: EXP: Total administration costs met by the fund (ended 2018) () was up 2.5% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 30.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,231.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.3% (Q4 2012) to 30.0% (Q3 2018), averaging 6.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-GPHK.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-total-administration-costs-met-by-the-fund-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,231.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q3 2018 | 1,449.0 £m | 30.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,123.0 £m | 25.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,267.0 £m | 5.1 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,201.0 £m | 14.6 |
| Q3 2017 | 1,115.0 £m | 8.7 |
| Q2 2017 | 895.0 £m | −7.7 |
| Q1 2017 | 1,206.0 £m | 15.0 |
| Q4 2016 | 1,048.0 £m | 6.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 1,026.0 £m | −1.9 |
| Q2 2016 | 970.0 £m | 11.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 1,049.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q4 2015 | 988.0 £m | −0.7 |
| Q3 2015 | 1,046.0 £m | 6.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 872.0 £m | 8.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 1,023.0 £m | 5.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 995.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q3 2014 | 986.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q2 2014 | 805.0 £m | −2.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 974.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,010.0 £m | 6.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 949.0 £m | 2.2 |
| Q2 2013 | 828.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 944.0 £m | 8.4 |

## API

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

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