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

United Kingdom 09.5.1 Newspapers; books and stationery Books CP SA £m () was up 1.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 8.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,328.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.1% (Q3 2020) to 18.7% (Q3 2021), averaging 3.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.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-sa-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,328.0 £m | 1.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,355.0 £m | 8.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,291.0 £m | 4.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,339.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,304.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,245.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,241.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,213.0 £m | −4.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,217.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,257.0 £m | 4.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,215.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,265.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,246.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,205.0 £m | −5.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,207.0 £m | −3.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,278.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,258.0 £m | 7.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,273.0 £m | 13.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,253.0 £m | 8.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,183.0 £m | 18.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,167.0 £m | 6.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,125.0 £m | −6.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,153.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 997.0 £m | −8.1 |

## API

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

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