# United Kingdom PEN: BAL: local authority debt and temporary money with LAs (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: local authority debt and temporary money with LAs (ended 2018) () was down 53.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 27.4% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 516.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2013.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −63.8% (Q1 2011) to 211.8% (Q2 2014), averaging 21.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-AHVF.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1982-10-01 to 2018-10-01 (143 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-bal-local-authority-debt-and-temporary-money-with-las-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 516.0 £m | −53.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 1,194.0 £m | 27.4 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,126.0 £m | 38.0 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,034.0 £m | 27.7 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,119.0 £m | 182.6 |
| Q3 2017 | 937.0 £m | 183.9 |
| Q2 2017 | 816.0 £m | 97.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 810.0 £m | 91.5 |
| Q4 2016 | 396.0 £m | −2.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 330.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2016 | 414.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2016 | 423.0 £m | — |
| Q4 2015 | 408.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2015 | 214.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2015 | 148.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2014 | 169.0 £m | 138.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 106.0 £m | 211.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 189.0 £m | −29.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 130.0 £m | −44.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 71.00 £m | −46.6 |
| Q2 2013 | 34.00 £m | −63.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 267.0 £m | 45.9 |
| Q4 2012 | 232.0 £m | 47.8 |
| Q3 2012 | 133.0 £m | −14.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-AHVF.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

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