Growth in the number of non-enrolled workers was almost double that of auto-enrolled workers in April, figures from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) have revealed.

TPR’s latest Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance report showed that the number of auto-enrolled workers had increased by 15,000 to 10,691,000, whilst the number of non-enrolled workers had grown by 29,000 to 10,464,000.

This represents the 21st consecutive month that non-enrolled worker growth has outpaced auto-enrolled worker growth, with the gap between these groups more than halving year-on-year, falling from 465,000 in April 2021 to 227,000 in April 2022.

The update revealed that the number of workers who were already active members of a qualifying scheme also increased to 11,948,000, with 970,000 savers automatically re-enrolled in April 2022, up from 968,000 in March.

In addition to this, the number of employers confirming the completion of their declaration of compliance rose by 12,988 to 2,032,101, while the total number of eligible employers increased by 58,000 to 33,554,000.

The figures for TPR's 's Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance are compiled from information submitted by employers when they complete their declaration of compliance with auto-enrolment.

TPR said the figure for auto-enrolled jobholders was likely to be higher than that shown in the report, as some employers will have reached their duties start date and automatically enrolled their eligible employees without having completed their declaration.

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