# United Kingdom Sector (S.1): Social security benefit in cash (D.621): Uses: Current price: £million: Seasonally adjusted ()

United Kingdom Sector (S.1): Social security benefit in cash (D.621): Uses: Current price: £million: Seasonally adjusted () was up 6.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 7.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 41,849 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.4% (Q3 2024) to 15.4% (Q3 2022), averaging 4.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVCONS.Q.SA.ITEM-L8QM`
- 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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 41,849 £m | 6.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 39,702 £m | 7.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 40,521 £m | 7.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 38,632 £m | 4.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 39,176 £m | 7.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 37,023 £m | 10.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 37,603 £m | 9.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 36,911 £m | 0.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 36,401 £m | 10.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 33,572 £m | 13.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 34,281 £m | 11.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 36,772 £m | 12.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 33,069 £m | 11.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 29,617 £m | 4.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 30,647 £m | 5.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 32,756 £m | 15.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 29,604 £m | 3.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 28,453 £m | 1.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 29,025 £m | 2.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 28,377 £m | 1.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 28,503 £m | 1.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 27,961 £m | 3.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 28,223 £m | 2.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 28,094 £m | 2.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVCONS.Q.SA.ITEM-L8QM"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVCONS.Q.SA.ITEM-L8QM",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```