# United Kingdom PR:LI:LEVEL:Direct investment loans: CP NSA: £m ()

United Kingdom PR:LI:LEVEL:Direct investment loans: CP NSA: £m () was up 7.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 399,827 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.0% (Q2 2025) to 21.6% (Q4 2020), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-NLBK`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (158 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pr-li-level-direct-investment-loans-cp-nsa-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 399,827 £m | 7.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 404,866 £m | 3.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 384,462 £m | −21.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 386,941 £m | −20.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 372,974 £m | −22.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 392,433 £m | −18.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 491,318 £m | 1.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 488,492 £m | 0.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 477,889 £m | −4.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 481,508 £m | −4.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 484,315 £m | −6.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 486,620 £m | −6.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 499,363 £m | −3.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 501,866 £m | −2.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 517,926 £m | 1.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 522,634 £m | 4.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 518,325 £m | 7.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 511,869 £m | 10.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 511,919 £m | 12.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 497,992 £m | 12.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 480,636 £m | 10.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 464,033 £m | 12.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 454,837 £m | 21.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 444,305 £m | 12.9 |

## API

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

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