# United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA () was down 17.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −11.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 426.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −40.9% (Q3 2016) to 96.4% (Q1 2023), averaging 5.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFX5.NACE-Q`
- 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-human-health-and-social-work

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 426.0 £m | −17.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 841.0 £m | −11.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 909.0 £m | 50.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 641.0 £m | 3.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 519.0 £m | 5.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 952.0 £m | 42.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 605.0 £m | 4.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 622.0 £m | 13.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 492.0 £m | 26.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 669.0 £m | −31.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 581.0 £m | 35.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 548.0 £m | 70.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 389.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 980.0 £m | 96.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 428.0 £m | −14.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 321.0 £m | −26.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 381.0 £m | 0.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 499.0 £m | 16.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 498.0 £m | 24.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 437.0 £m | 4.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 379.0 £m | −9.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 429.0 £m | −25.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 400.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 419.0 £m | 6.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFX5.NACE-Q"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFX5.NACE-Q",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```