Release

The UK Enhanced Financial Accounts: changes to defined contribution pension fund estimates in the national accounts; part 1 - the methods

Release date: 16 January 2017 9:30am

Summary

Discusses a change in the method for estimating household entitlements in DC pension funds recently approved by the ONS National Accounts Methods Advisory Committee and sets out which lines in the National Accounts will be impacted by this change. Flags up other changes which may be made to estimates for the pension fund sector (s129) as a result of work to improve pension estimates in the National Accounts

Methodology

Contact details

Name

Sarah Levy

Email

sarah.levy@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44( 0)20 7592 8633

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