# United Kingdom 12.1 Personal care CP NSA £m ()

United Kingdom 12.1 Personal care CP NSA £m () was up 4.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 9,456.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −36.8% (Q2 2020) to 54.2% (Q2 2021), averaging 4.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-12-1`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (166 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/12-1-personal-care-cp-nsa-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 9,456.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 8,954.0 £m | 3.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 10,858 £m | −2.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 9,082.0 £m | −1.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,049.0 £m | 0.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 8,660.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 11,100 £m | 4.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 9,228.0 £m | 7.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 8,971.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 8,450.0 £m | 0.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 10,644 £m | 3.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 8,601.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 8,788.0 £m | 5.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 8,386.0 £m | 9.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 10,328 £m | 2.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 8,390.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 8,340.0 £m | 7.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 7,665.0 £m | 43.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 10,071 £m | 23.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 7,598.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 7,734.0 £m | 54.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,336.0 £m | −21.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 8,187.0 £m | −14.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 7,149.0 £m | −9.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-12-1"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-12-1",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```