# United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE: £m: CP: NSA () was down 5.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 7.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 172.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −27.6% (Q3 2017) to 53.5% (Q3 2018), averaging 9.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFW4.NACE-H`
- 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-transportation-and-storage-m-cp

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 172.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 258.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 191.0 £m | 29.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 147.0 £m | 15.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 182.0 £m | 31.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 241.0 £m | 31.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 148.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 127.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 138.0 £m | −4.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 184.0 £m | −21.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 140.0 £m | −12.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 130.0 £m | −17.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 144.0 £m | 13.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 233.0 £m | 4.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 160.0 £m | 21.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 158.0 £m | 22.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 127.0 £m | −3.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 224.0 £m | 25.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 132.0 £m | −9.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 129.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 132.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 178.0 £m | −16.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 146.0 £m | 14.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 135.0 £m | 23.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFW4.NACE-H"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFW4.NACE-H",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```