# United Kingdom LG: Current expenditure: Purchase of goods and services: £m CPNSA ()

United Kingdom LG: Current expenditure: Purchase of goods and services: £m CPNSA () was up 5.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 7.2% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 33,792 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.4% (Q1 2017) to 11.5% (Q3 2021), averaging 5.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVEXP.Q.NSA.ITEM-MSE9.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-purchase-of-goods-and-services-m-cpnsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 33,792 £m | 5.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 34,104 £m | 7.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 32,372 £m | 8.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 32,102 £m | 8.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 31,948 £m | 8.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 31,809 £m | 7.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 29,766 £m | 8.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 29,488 £m | 7.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 29,499 £m | 8.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 29,532 £m | 7.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 27,373 £m | 9.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 27,317 £m | 9.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 27,181 £m | 9.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 27,397 £m | 9.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 25,081 £m | 7.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 24,992 £m | 6.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 24,914 £m | 6.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 25,044 £m | 6.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 23,447 £m | 9.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 23,384 £m | 10.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 23,338 £m | 11.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 23,452 £m | 11.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 21,406 £m | 7.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 21,176 £m | 6.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVEXP.Q.NSA.ITEM-MSE9.SECTOR-LG"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVEXP.Q.NSA.ITEM-MSE9.SECTOR-LG",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```