# United Kingdom 09.5.3 Newspapers; books and stationery Miscellaneous printed matter CP SA £m ()

United Kingdom 09.5.3 Newspapers; books and stationery Miscellaneous printed matter CP SA £m () was down 1.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 7.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 938.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.0% (Q3 2019) to 37.2% (Q3 2020), averaging 2.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-5-3`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (166 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/09-5-3-newspapers-books-and-stationery-miscellaneous-printed-matter-cp

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 938.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 975.0 £m | 7.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 929.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 957.0 £m | 7.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 952.0 £m | 6.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 908.0 £m | 3.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 888.0 £m | 8.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 888.0 £m | 5.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 896.0 £m | 5.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 876.0 £m | 1.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 819.0 £m | −6.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 845.0 £m | −8.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 850.0 £m | −8.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 863.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 874.0 £m | −5.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 918.0 £m | 6.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 926.0 £m | 5.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 957.0 £m | 18.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 928.0 £m | 24.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 866.0 £m | −0.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 882.0 £m | 23.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 808.0 £m | 0.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 746.0 £m | −17.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 871.0 £m | 37.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-5-3"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-5-3",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```