# United Kingdom CG: Current expenditure:Net social benefits: Social assistance (D623): £m CPNSA ()

United Kingdom CG: Current expenditure:Net social benefits: Social assistance (D623): £m CPNSA () was up 7.0% year on year in September 2026, compared with 7.3% in August 2026.
The level stood at 15,066 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.3% (Feb 2025) to 42.8% (Feb 2024), averaging 6.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVEXP.M.NSA.ITEM-NZGO.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-social-assistance-d623-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 15,066 £m | 7.0 |
| August 2026 | 15,816 £m | 7.3 |
| July 2026 | 15,479 £m | 6.4 |
| June 2026 | 15,456 £m | 8.6 |
| May 2026 | 14,786 £m | 7.1 |
| April 2026 | 15,616 £m | 11.8 |
| March 2026 | 14,524 £m | −0.8 |
| February 2026 | 13,822 £m | 5.8 |
| January 2026 | 14,805 £m | 7.2 |
| December 2025 | 14,620 £m | 6.5 |
| November 2025 | 14,432 £m | 9.4 |
| October 2025 | 14,436 £m | 7.5 |
| September 2025 | 14,075 £m | 8.2 |
| August 2025 | 14,744 £m | 9.0 |
| July 2025 | 14,551 £m | 8.2 |
| June 2025 | 14,229 £m | 9.7 |
| May 2025 | 13,809 £m | 6.9 |
| April 2025 | 13,962 £m | 8.4 |
| March 2025 | 14,648 £m | 17.3 |
| February 2025 | 13,066 £m | −8.3 |
| January 2025 | 13,813 £m | 13.1 |
| December 2024 | 13,728 £m | 12.3 |
| November 2024 | 13,187 £m | 1.1 |
| October 2024 | 13,429 £m | 0.6 |

## API

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

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