# United Kingdom CG: Current expenditure: Goods and services: Staff costs (D1): £m CPNSA ()

United Kingdom CG: Current expenditure: Goods and services: Staff costs (D1): £m CPNSA () was up 5.7% year on year in September 2026, compared with 5.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 20,186 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.3% (May 2024) to 28.6% (May 2023), averaging 7.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVEXP.M.NSA.ITEM-NMBG.SECTOR-CG`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-04-01 to 2026-09-01 (354 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/cg-current-expenditure-goods-and-services-staff-costs-d1-m-cpnsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 20,186 £m | 5.7 |
| August 2026 | 20,018 £m | 5.8 |
| July 2026 | 20,272 £m | 5.4 |
| June 2026 | 19,900 £m | 5.6 |
| May 2026 | 19,801 £m | 5.2 |
| April 2026 | 19,673 £m | 6.7 |
| March 2026 | 19,628 £m | 1.3 |
| February 2026 | 19,259 £m | 2.7 |
| January 2026 | 19,359 £m | 5.5 |
| December 2025 | 19,450 £m | 5.8 |
| November 2025 | 19,113 £m | 3.0 |
| October 2025 | 19,211 £m | 4.8 |
| September 2025 | 19,100 £m | 3.7 |
| August 2025 | 18,919 £m | 12.6 |
| July 2025 | 19,238 £m | 14.4 |
| June 2025 | 18,838 £m | 11.3 |
| May 2025 | 18,824 £m | 11.4 |
| April 2025 | 18,430 £m | 11.1 |
| March 2025 | 19,375 £m | 16.6 |
| February 2025 | 18,745 £m | 15.2 |
| January 2025 | 18,351 £m | 12.7 |
| December 2024 | 18,382 £m | 12.8 |
| November 2024 | 18,556 £m | 14.4 |
| October 2024 | 18,332 £m | 12.7 |

## API

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

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