# United Kingdom 09.5.1 Newspapers; books and stationery Books CP NSA £m ()

United Kingdom 09.5.1 Newspapers; books and stationery Books CP NSA £m () was up 2.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 13.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,012.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.3% (Q1 2021) to 22.8% (Q3 2021), averaging 3.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-1`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (166 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/09-5-1-newspapers-books-and-stationery-books-cp-nsa-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,012.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,120.0 £m | 13.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,901.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,304.0 £m | 16.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 991.0 £m | 7.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 983.0 £m | −4.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,861.0 £m | 3.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,117.0 £m | −3.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 920.0 £m | −4.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,030.0 £m | 1.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,796.0 £m | −1.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,155.0 £m | −1.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 964.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,016.0 £m | −2.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,830.0 £m | −4.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,174.0 £m | 11.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 967.0 £m | 10.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,045.0 £m | 17.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,908.0 £m | 7.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,050.0 £m | 22.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 877.0 £m | 5.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 893.0 £m | −9.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,780.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 855.0 £m | −7.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-1"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-1",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```