# United Kingdom LG: Current expenditure: Net social benefits: Other: £m CPNSA ()

United Kingdom LG: Current expenditure: Net social benefits: Other: £m CPNSA () was up 6.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 4.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 8,206.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.8% (Q1 2022) to 7.2% (Q4 2023), averaging −0.03%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVEXP.Q.NSA.ITEM-MSF2.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-net-social-benefits-other-m-cpnsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 8,206.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 8,103.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 7,783.0 £m | −2.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 7,773.0 £m | −4.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 7,678.0 £m | −3.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 7,758.0 £m | −3.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 7,991.0 £m | 1.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 8,108.0 £m | 4.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 7,912.0 £m | 3.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 8,047.0 £m | 4.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 7,879.0 £m | 5.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 7,781.0 £m | 7.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 7,628.0 £m | 7.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 7,721.0 £m | 4.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 7,484.0 £m | 5.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 7,258.0 £m | −2.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 7,127.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 7,409.0 £m | −4.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 7,113.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 7,469.0 £m | −0.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 7,158.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 7,777.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 7,711.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 7,540.0 £m | 3.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVEXP.Q.NSA.ITEM-MSF2.SECTOR-LG"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVEXP.Q.NSA.ITEM-MSF2.SECTOR-LG",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```