Northern Ireland Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings: Workplace Pension Participation

The Northern Ireland Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is a key source of information on workplace pensions in the UK. It collects data on all types of workplace pension schemes, including occupational, group personal, and group stakeholder pensions. The survey results are used to analyse pension participation and monitor the impact of pension reforms.

Use Cases

• Analyzing workplace pension participation rates based on the survey's coverage of all pension types.
• Monitoring the impact of pension reforms on different occupational schemes.
• Benchmarking pension provision across different industries or regions in Northern Ireland.

Strengths

• Designated as National Statistics, indicating adherence to official quality standards.
• Covers all major types of workplace pension schemes, as stated in the description.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

Collection Method

Survey

Time Range

Annual

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:27.830153; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom