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

United Kingdom LG: Current expenditure: Goods and services: Staff costs (D1): £m CPNSA () was up 6.0% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 4.6% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 23,450 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.1% (Q1 2018) to 9.3% (Q2 2022), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVEXP.Q.NSA.ITEM-NMJE.SECTOR-LG`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lg-current-expenditure-goods-and-services-staff-costs-d1-m-cpnsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 23,450 £m | 6.0 |
| Q2 2026 | 23,126 £m | 4.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 22,104 £m | 3.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 22,107 £m | 3.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 22,116 £m | 3.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 22,116 £m | 3.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 21,295 £m | 7.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 21,290 £m | 7.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 21,298 £m | 7.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 21,298 £m | 7.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 19,805 £m | 4.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 19,801 £m | 4.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 19,811 £m | 4.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 19,811 £m | 4.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 18,913 £m | 9.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 18,909 £m | 9.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 18,919 £m | 9.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 18,919 £m | 9.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 17,313 £m | 1.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 17,314 £m | 1.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 17,317 £m | 1.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 17,317 £m | 1.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 17,108 £m | 4.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 17,098 £m | 4.4 |

## API

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

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