# United Kingdom Sector (S.1): Social security benefit in cash (D.621): Uses: Current price: £million: Not seasonally adjusted ()

United Kingdom Sector (S.1): Social security benefit in cash (D.621): Uses: Current price: £million: Not seasonally adjusted () was up 6.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 6.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 40,892 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.8% (Q3 2024) to 14.5% (Q1 2024), averaging 4.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVCONS.Q.NSA.ITEM-L8QL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (158 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/sector-s-1-social-security-benefit-in-cash-d-621-uses-current-price-uk-govcons-q-nsa-item-l8ql

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 40,892 £m | 6.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 38,727 £m | 6.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 39,580 £m | 5.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 41,132 £m | 9.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 38,366 £m | 5.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 36,274 £m | 9.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 37,483 £m | 10.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 37,445 £m | −1.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 36,284 £m | 11.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 33,275 £m | 14.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 33,879 £m | 12.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 38,141 £m | 11.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 32,653 £m | 12.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 29,066 £m | 4.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 30,015 £m | 5.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 34,369 £m | 14.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 29,132 £m | 4.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 27,944 £m | 2.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 28,428 £m | 2.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 30,118 £m | 1.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 27,982 £m | 2.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 27,338 £m | 3.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 27,725 £m | 2.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 29,735 £m | 3.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVCONS.Q.NSA.ITEM-L8QL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVCONS.Q.NSA.ITEM-L8QL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```