# United Kingdom 08 Communication CP SA £m ()

United Kingdom 08 Communication CP SA £m () was up 2.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 7,836.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.7% (Q3 2021) to 16.4% (Q2 2016), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-08`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (166 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/08-communication-cp-sa-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 7,836.0 £m | 2.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 7,761.0 £m | 2.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 7,676.0 £m | −0.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 7,627.0 £m | −2.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 7,619.0 £m | −2.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 7,589.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 7,687.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 7,779.0 £m | 7.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 7,790.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 7,729.0 £m | 7.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 7,547.0 £m | 5.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 7,251.0 £m | −0.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 7,317.0 £m | −1.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 7,161.0 £m | −2.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 7,133.0 £m | −2.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 7,268.0 £m | 0.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 7,434.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 7,372.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 7,284.0 £m | −6.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 7,231.0 £m | −8.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 7,256.0 £m | −3.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 7,143.0 £m | −6.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 7,800.0 £m | 3.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 7,924.0 £m | 8.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-08"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-08",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```