"Figure 4: Total benefits have fallen by 5%, driven by a 9% fall in private sector defined benefit and hybrid benefits, from Quarter 4 2020 to Quarter 1 2021","" "Total benefits of funded occupational pension schemes, UK, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2019 to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. DBH = defined benefit and hybrid, DC = defined contribution. 2. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding." "Unit","£ million" "","" "","Total benefits (all scheme types)","Benefits private DBH","Benefits public DBH","Benefits private DC" "Q3 2019","16510","12678","3559","402" "Q4 2019","16292","12325","3621","346" "Q1 2020","15734","11440","3939","354" "Q2 2020","15817","11926","3548","343" "Q3 2020","15954","11983","3626","345" "Q4 2020","16944","12810","3750","383" "Q1 2021","16070","11647","3944","478"