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Workplace scheme membership rises to record 47 million


By Jack Gray

Total membership of workplace pension schemes in the UK has increased by 4.5 million year-on-year to a record 45.6 million in 2018, according to the latest Office for National Statistics data.

Furthermore, there was a record of 17.3 million active occupational scheme members, an increase of 2.2 million from last year and 7.3 million since the introduction of auto-enrolment in 2012


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