# United Kingdom 09.5.4 Newspapers; books and stationery Stationery and drawing materials CP NSA £m ()

United Kingdom 09.5.4 Newspapers; books and stationery Stationery and drawing materials CP NSA £m () was up 7.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 922.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.0% (Q3 2020) to 61.0% (Q2 2021), averaging 7.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-4`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (166 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/09-5-4-newspapers-books-and-stationery-stationery-and-drawing-materials-uk-hhcons-q-nsa-coicop-09-5-4

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 922.0 £m | 7.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 873.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,060.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,034.0 £m | 0.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 858.0 £m | 8.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 857.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 995.0 £m | 3.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,030.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 792.0 £m | 0.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 841.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 960.0 £m | −9.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 998.0 £m | −10.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 785.0 £m | −14.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 804.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,066.0 £m | 7.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,120.0 £m | 3.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 913.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 891.0 £m | 17.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 992.0 £m | 19.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,081.0 £m | 23.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 895.0 £m | 61.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 756.0 £m | 9.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 833.0 £m | −0.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 876.0 £m | −20.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-4"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-4",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```