"Figure 4: Total benefits and total contributions including and excluding deficit reduction contributions","" "UK, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2019 to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. DRC equals deficit reduction contributions. 2. Employee contributions to defined contribution DC schemes include tax relief at source, that is, amounts claimed by the scheme from HM Revenue and Customs in respect of tax relief on members’ pension contributions. " "Unit","£ million" "","" "","Total benefits","Total contributions","Total contributions excluding DRCs" "Q3 2019","16639","15103","11813" "Q4 2019","16292","15659","10943" "Q1 2020","15442","16008","11770" "Q2 2020","15515","16210","10634" "Q3 2020","15689","13787","10718" "Q4 2020","16992","17740","11387" "Q1 2021","15968","16947","12392" "Q2 2021","16752","15247","11382" "Q3 2021","16802","14336","11403" "Q4 2021","17026","15638","12002" "Q1 2022","16130","18804","13745"