# United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA () was up 5.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 6.0% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 157.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −43.4% (Q3 2023) to 23.6% (Q4 2024), averaging −1.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFX2.NACE-N`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/total-sector-research-and-development-administrative-and-support

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 157.0 £m | 5.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 158.0 £m | 6.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 148.0 £m | 8.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 149.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 149.0 £m | 12.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 149.0 £m | 11.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 136.0 £m | 23.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 135.0 £m | 21.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 133.0 £m | 17.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 134.0 £m | 15.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 110.0 £m | −42.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 111.0 £m | −43.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 113.0 £m | −42.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 116.0 £m | −40.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 190.0 £m | 2.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 196.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 197.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 196.0 £m | 4.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 185.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 184.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 185.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 187.0 £m | 8.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 172.0 £m | 6.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 173.0 £m | 6.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFX2.NACE-N"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFX2.NACE-N",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```