# United Kingdom Central Government: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-): B9: (INC SWAPS) ()

United Kingdom Central Government: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-): B9: (INC SWAPS) () was −64,919 £m in Q2 2026, down 611.4% from Q1 2026 and up 1,683.0 from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −140,304 £m (Q2 2020) to 12,695 £m (Q1 2026), averaging −30,603 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVBAL.Q.NSA.SECTOR-CG`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1963-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (254 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/central-government-net-lending-net-borrowing-b9-inc-swaps

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −64,919 £m |
| Q1 2026 | 12,695 £m |
| Q4 2025 | −35,879 £m |
| Q3 2025 | −36,749 £m |
| Q2 2025 | −66,602 £m |
| Q1 2025 | −4,315.0 £m |
| Q4 2024 | −46,966 £m |
| Q3 2024 | −38,287 £m |
| Q2 2024 | −60,465 £m |
| Q1 2024 | −9,441.0 £m |
| Q4 2023 | −38,453 £m |
| Q3 2023 | −35,597 £m |
| Q2 2023 | −64,512 £m |
| Q1 2023 | −18,753 £m |
| Q4 2022 | −39,241 £m |
| Q3 2022 | −21,801 £m |
| Q2 2022 | −42,793 £m |
| Q1 2022 | −2,167.0 £m |
| Q4 2021 | −19,975 £m |
| Q3 2021 | −37,779 £m |
| Q2 2021 | −72,561 £m |
| Q1 2021 | −45,940 £m |
| Q4 2020 | −60,215 £m |
| Q3 2020 | −76,136 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVBAL.Q.NSA.SECTOR-CG"

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