FOI reference: FOI-2025-2674
You asked
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information on pensions.
Q1. Please provide data on how many individuals in the UK currently hold pension funds worth £1 million or more
Q2. Please provide data on how many individuals in the UK held pension funds worth £1 million or more two years ago and five years ago.
Q3. Please provide any further data on how many individuals hold pension funds worth between £1 million and £1.5 million; £1. 5 million to £2 million; £2 million to £2.5 million; £2.5 million to £3 million and more than £3 million.
Q4. Please provide data on the numbers of people with pension funds worth £1 million or more living in each UK region.
Q5. Please provide data on the numbers of men and women with pension funds worth £1 million or more.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry concerning pension wealth in the UK.
We estimate pension wealth based on data collected as part of the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS). Please note that the latest estimates cover the period April 2020-March 2022 and are for Great Britain rather than the United Kingdom.
The requested information is available to order as bespoke analysis. Such services are subject to disclosure controls, legal frameworks, resources, and an agreement of costs in line with our charging policy.
For any queries regarding bespoke wealth analysis and an estimate of the cost to produce and please contact wealth.and.assets.survey@ons.gov.uk.
We also provide WAS data under End User Licence (EUL) via the UK Data Service (UKDS) which can be accessed here: EUL WAS Data. Again, please email wealth.and.assets.survey@ons.gov.uk if you'd like further information on using the dataset and restrictions around commercial use.