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<p>The data requested for the number of people who opted out of automatic enrolment
workplace pension schemes in each of the last ten years is not readily available and
to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The department makes
regular publications of the data that is held, including the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/workplace-pension-participation-and-savings-trends-2009-to-2022/workplace-pension-participation-and-savings-trends-of-eligible-employees-2009-to-2022"
target="_blank"><em>Workplace Pension Participation and Savings Trends</em></a>, which
is available on GOV.UK. This publication includes aggregated data from large private
pension providers in which the proportion of new member enrolments to have opted-out
of workplace pension saving stood at 11.79% in July 2023. Over the period from January
2020 to July 2023, these opt-out rates have fluctuated between a low of 7.03% and
a high of 12.23%. From the same aggregated private pension provider data, the proportion
of pension scheme members making an active decision to cease saving was 0.50% in July
2023.</p>
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