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

United Kingdom 12.1 Personal care CP SA £m () was up 4.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 9,866.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −36.4% (Q2 2020) to 53.6% (Q2 2021), averaging 4.5%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 9,866.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 9,740.0 £m | 3.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 9,343.0 £m | −2.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 9,443.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,439.0 £m | 1.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 9,424.0 £m | 2.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 9,558.0 £m | 5.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 9,618.0 £m | 7.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,349.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 9,224.0 £m | 0.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 9,106.0 £m | 3.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 8,958.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 9,168.0 £m | 5.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 9,187.0 £m | 8.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 8,809.0 £m | 2.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 8,742.0 £m | 9.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 8,721.0 £m | 7.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 8,451.0 £m | 39.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 8,564.0 £m | 23.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 7,982.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 8,125.0 £m | 53.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 6,068.0 £m | −18.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 6,921.0 £m | −15.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 7,501.0 £m | −8.9 |

## API

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

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