" Figure 2: Total employer contributions fell by 5% from Quarter 4 2020 to Quarter 1 2021, driven by a fall in deficit reduction contributions","" "Total employee and employer (with normal and deficit reduction contribution split) pension contributions, UK, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2019 to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. DRC equals deficit reduction contributions." "Unit","£ million" "","" "","Total employee contributions","Total employer contributions","Normal DBH plus total DC employer contributions","DRC (DBH employer) contributions" "Q3 2019","2710","12393","8091","3289" "Q4 2019","2750","12910","7586","4717" "Q1 2020","2923","13035","8170","4328" "Q2 2020","2351","13991","7762","5605" "Q3 2020","2598","11109","7532","3097" "Q4 2020","2780","14966","7745","6376" "Q1 2021","3124","14290","8613","4883"