FOI reference: FOI-2025-2615
You asked
Please could you provide the following information:
How many people in the UK have pension wealth over £1 million? Please provide the latest figures.
Of those with pension wealth over £1 million, what is the split between men and women? Of those with pension wealth over £1 million, what is the split between DC and DB pension? Of those with pension wealth over £1 million, what is the split between private sector and public sector? Of those with pension wealth over £1 million, what is the split within DC between workplace and personal pensions?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry concerning pension wealth in the UK (Ref: FOI/2025-2615).
We estimates 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 would need to be created involving specialist statistical expertise. We could produce an output for you via our bespoke services route, subject to disclosure controls, resources, legal frameworks, 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.