The Government Actuary's Department has carried out a major survey of occupational pension schemes in the United Kingdom every four to five years since 1956. The survey determine the extent to which employees in the United Kingdom are covered by occupational pension schemes and analyse the nature of the benefits provided, the contributions paid and other pension topics of interest to the government, employers and employees. The survey is based on information obtained from a large and comprehensive sample of pension schemes. This is the tenth survey in this series. Date relating to 1995 was collected. The survey shows that around 10.3 million employees in the United Kingdom were members of an occupational pension scheme run by their employer in 1995, representing around 46 per cent of all employees in employment. Around 7.5 million people were in receipt of at least one pension from an occupational pension scheme in 1995 and about 7 million people had a right, on reaching pension age, to a preserved pension in respect of a former employment. Around 8.9 million employees were members of defined benefit occupational schemes, and 1.1 million were members of defined contribution occupational schemes. A further 0.3 million were members of hybrid arrangements. Around 9 million employees are contracted-out of the state earnings related pension scheme, with 1.3 million not contracted out. The survey methodology, a copy of the questionnaire and a glossary are included as appendices.