# United Kingdom 09.5 Newspapers; books and stationery CP NSA £m ()

United Kingdom 09.5 Newspapers; books and stationery CP NSA £m () was up 1.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 5.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 3,999.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.2% (Q2 2020) to 18.0% (Q2 2021), averaging 2.4%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 3,999.0 £m | 1.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,028.0 £m | 5.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,337.0 £m | 2.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,366.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,952.0 £m | 4.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,814.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,204.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 4,100.0 £m | 0.07 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,774.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,824.0 £m | 3.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,044.0 £m | −3.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,097.0 £m | −3.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,747.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,714.0 £m | −4.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,236.0 £m | −0.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,236.0 £m | 6.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,902.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,888.0 £m | 14.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,265.0 £m | 9.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,970.0 £m | 9.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,665.0 £m | 18.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,399.0 £m | −6.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,812.0 £m | −4.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 3,619.0 £m | −2.6 |

## API

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

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