# United Kingdom PEN: INC: Employers special contributions (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: INC: Employers special contributions (ended 2018) () was down 38.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −35.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,948.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −54.3% (Q4 2008) to 216.7% (Q2 2010), averaging 13.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-GAJK.MEASURE-INCOME.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-inc-employers-special-contributions-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,948.0 £m | −38.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,211.0 £m | −35.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 2,096.0 £m | −51.9 |
| Q1 2018 | 3,204.0 £m | −40.6 |
| Q4 2017 | 3,190.0 £m | 3.7 |
| Q3 2017 | 3,433.0 £m | 37.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 4,360.0 £m | 125.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 5,397.0 £m | −40.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 3,075.0 £m | −14.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 2,506.0 £m | 14.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 1,933.0 £m | −15.7 |
| Q1 2016 | 9,051.0 £m | 122.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 3,587.0 £m | 24.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 2,198.0 £m | −12.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 2,292.0 £m | −17.7 |
| Q1 2015 | 4,071.0 £m | −10.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 2,879.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 2,510.0 £m | −9.1 |
| Q2 2014 | 2,785.0 £m | −3.7 |
| Q1 2014 | 4,542.0 £m | −43.0 |
| Q4 2013 | 3,099.0 £m | −18.3 |
| Q3 2013 | 2,761.0 £m | −11.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 2,891.0 £m | −9.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 7,964.0 £m | −3.7 |

## API

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

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