# United Kingdom CG: Current expenditure: Net social benefits payable: £m CPNSA ()

United Kingdom CG: Current expenditure: Net social benefits payable: £m CPNSA () was up 5.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with 6.6% in August 2026.
The level stood at 30,571 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.9% (Sep 2024) to 31.4% (Feb 2024), averaging 5.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVEXP.M.NSA.ITEM-GZSJ.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-net-social-benefits-payable-m-cpnsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 30,571 £m | 5.3 |
| August 2026 | 29,163 £m | 6.6 |
| July 2026 | 29,398 £m | 6.9 |
| June 2026 | 28,597 £m | 7.8 |
| May 2026 | 28,381 £m | 4.2 |
| April 2026 | 29,385 £m | 10.1 |
| March 2026 | 26,806 £m | 2.4 |
| February 2026 | 25,388 £m | 5.4 |
| January 2026 | 27,587 £m | 5.6 |
| December 2025 | 27,893 £m | 7.1 |
| November 2025 | 26,679 £m | 5.8 |
| October 2025 | 27,663 £m | 8.2 |
| September 2025 | 29,020 £m | 13.7 |
| August 2025 | 27,363 £m | 4.3 |
| July 2025 | 27,490 £m | 5.7 |
| June 2025 | 26,528 £m | 6.1 |
| May 2025 | 27,230 £m | 8.7 |
| April 2025 | 26,685 £m | 4.5 |
| March 2025 | 26,177 £m | 11.1 |
| February 2025 | 24,089 £m | −3.5 |
| January 2025 | 26,126 £m | 10.1 |
| December 2024 | 26,047 £m | 9.6 |
| November 2024 | 25,219 £m | 4.2 |
| October 2024 | 25,565 £m | 2.9 |

## API

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

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