# United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION: £m: CP: NSA () was up 3.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 273.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.1% (Q3 2023) to 31.6% (Q2 2017), averaging 6.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFX7.NACE-M`
- 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-arts-entertainment-and-recreation

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 273.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 273.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 266.0 £m | 7.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 265.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 263.0 £m | 10.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 263.0 £m | 12.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 247.0 £m | 23.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 245.0 £m | 23.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 239.0 £m | 18.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 233.0 £m | 12.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 200.0 £m | −16.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 199.0 £m | −17.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 202.0 £m | −16.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 207.0 £m | −14.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 239.0 £m | 3.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 240.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 241.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 241.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 232.0 £m | −0.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 231.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 228.0 £m | −4.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 228.0 £m | −3.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 234.0 £m | 16.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 235.0 £m | 16.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFX7.NACE-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFX7.NACE-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```