# United Kingdom PEN: INC: Employees voluntary additional contributions: Defined contribution (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: INC: Employees voluntary additional contributions: Defined contribution (ended 2018) () was up 139.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 162.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 170.0 £m.
Over the past available history it has ranged from −29.9% (Q1 2017) to 162.9% (Q3 2018), averaging 29.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IQ4E.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (40 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-inc-employees-voluntary-additional-contributions-defined

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 170.0 £m | 139.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 184.0 £m | 162.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 178.0 £m | 111.9 |
| Q1 2018 | 190.0 £m | 113.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 71.00 £m | 1.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 70.00 £m | 2.9 |
| Q2 2017 | 84.00 £m | −27.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 89.00 £m | −29.9 |
| Q4 2016 | 70.00 £m | 6.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 68.00 £m | 17.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 115.0 £m | 117.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 127.0 £m | 101.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 66.00 £m | 32.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 58.00 £m | 23.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 53.00 £m | 20.5 |
| Q1 2015 | 63.00 £m | 10.5 |
| Q4 2014 | 50.00 £m | 13.6 |
| Q3 2014 | 47.00 £m | 14.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 44.00 £m | 7.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 57.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q4 2013 | 44.00 £m | −13.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 41.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 41.00 £m | 2.5 |
| Q1 2013 | 57.00 £m | −28.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IQ4E.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IQ4E.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```