# United Kingdom Rest of the World (S.2): Social security benefit in cash (D.621): Resource: Current price £million: Not seasonally adjusted ()

United Kingdom Rest of the World (S.2): Social security benefit in cash (D.621): Resource: Current price £million: Not seasonally adjusted () was down 0.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 7.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 899.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.1% (Q4 2016) to 11.5% (Q4 2025), averaging 3.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVCONS.Q.NSA.ITEM-L8QJ`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (158 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/rest-of-the-world-s-2-social-security-benefit-in-cash-d-621-resource-uk-govcons-q-nsa-item-l8qj

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 899.0 £m | −0.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 933.0 £m | 7.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,011.0 £m | 11.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 935.0 £m | 6.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 906.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 868.0 £m | 5.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 907.0 £m | 9.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 882.0 £m | 7.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 867.0 £m | 8.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 827.0 £m | 5.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 827.0 £m | 6.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 824.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 798.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 782.0 £m | 6.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 774.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 771.0 £m | −0.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 751.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 733.0 £m | 0.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 746.0 £m | −3.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 778.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 765.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 729.0 £m | 0.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 776.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 732.0 £m | 1.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVCONS.Q.NSA.ITEM-L8QJ"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVCONS.Q.NSA.ITEM-L8QJ",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```