# United Kingdom D623: Universal Credit (£m) Expenditure by Central Government NSA CP ()

United Kingdom D623: Universal Credit (£m) Expenditure by Central Government NSA CP () was 77,077 £m in 2025, up 24.6% from 2024.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1987.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 317.0 £m (2015) to 77,077 £m (2025), averaging 29,944 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GVA.A.NSA.ITEM-CRMV.NACE-O`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (39 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/d623-universal-credit-m-expenditure-by-central-government-nsa-cp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 77,077 £m |
| 2024 | 61,865 £m |
| 2023 | 49,221 £m |
| 2022 | 41,248 £m |
| 2021 | 40,998 £m |
| 2020 | 32,963 £m |
| 2019 | 15,299 £m |
| 2018 | 6,422.0 £m |
| 2017 | 2,706.0 £m |
| 2016 | 1,263.0 £m |
| 2015 | 317.0 £m |
| 2014 | 28.00 £m |
| 2013 | 3.00 £m |
| 2012 | 0.00 £m |
| 2011 | 0.00 £m |
| 2010 | 0.00 £m |
| 2009 | 0.00 £m |
| 2008 | 0.00 £m |
| 2007 | 0.00 £m |
| 2006 | 0.00 £m |
| 2005 | 0.00 £m |
| 2004 | 0.00 £m |
| 2003 | 0.00 £m |
| 2002 | 0.00 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GVA.A.NSA.ITEM-CRMV.NACE-O"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GVA.A.NSA.ITEM-CRMV.NACE-O",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```