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

United Kingdom PEN: INC: Employees voluntary additional contributions (ended 2018) () was up 71.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 67.5% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 272.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −25.1% (Q1 2017) to 130.8% (Q1 2018), averaging 11.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-GQGA.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (76 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-inc-employees-voluntary-additional-contributions-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 272.0 £m | 71.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 263.0 £m | 67.5 |
| Q2 2018 | 261.0 £m | 51.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 427.0 £m | 130.8 |
| Q4 2017 | 159.0 £m | 1.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 157.0 £m | 6.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 172.0 £m | −10.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 185.0 £m | −25.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 157.0 £m | 3.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 148.0 £m | −3.3 |
| Q2 2016 | 193.0 £m | 35.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 247.0 £m | 43.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 152.0 £m | 8.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 153.0 £m | 11.7 |
| Q2 2015 | 143.0 £m | 16.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 172.0 £m | 15.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 140.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 137.0 £m | 10.5 |
| Q2 2014 | 123.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 149.0 £m | −4.5 |
| Q4 2013 | 139.0 £m | −11.5 |
| Q3 2013 | 124.0 £m | −6.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 120.0 £m | −6.2 |
| Q1 2013 | 156.0 £m | −9.3 |

## API

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

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