Office for National Statistics (UK) · CPI/CPIH/RPI (MM23) monthly, ~mid-month (next 22 July 2026 at build time); quarterly national accounts (QNA) quarterly (released 30 June 2026, next 13 August 2026); GDP second quarterly estimate (PN2) quarterly; labour market (LMS) monthly (released 20 July 2026, next 18 August 2026); population estimates (pop) annual. ONS revises history routinely: the autumn Blue Book rewrites GDP levels and LFS reweighting rewrites labour-market history.
License: open-government · official terms. Attribution text and per-series license flags ride in every API envelope.
Source API docs · Verification statuses come from golden-value and freshness checks against the live source; see status.
Quickstart
Latest observations, with provenance and citation on every value:
curl "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/sources/ons-api/series/ABMI/observations?latest=12"
A computed, cited answer from this source:
curl -X POST "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/answer" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"question": "What is the latest Gross Domestic Product: chained volume measures: Seasonally ?", "source": "ons-api"}'
As MCP tools in Claude, Cursor, or any agent framework:
claude mcp add --transport http starwell https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/mcp
Series
| Series | Indicator | Geography | Unit | Freq | Coverage | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF24 | Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): % (three-month rolling average; ONS labels each window with its mid month) | United Kingdom | % | monthly | 1971-02-01 .. 2026-04-01 | unverified |
| L55O | CPIH ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100 | United Kingdom | % | monthly | 1989-01-01 .. 2026-06-01 | unverified |
| IHYQ | Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA % | United Kingdom | % | quarterly | 1955-04-01 .. 2026-01-01 | unverified |
| D7BT | CPI INDEX 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100 | United Kingdom | Index, base year = 100 | monthly | 1988-01-01 .. 2026-06-01 | unverified |
| D7G7 | CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100 | United Kingdom | % | monthly | 1989-01-01 .. 2026-06-01 | unverified |
| CHAW | RPI All Items Index: Jan 1987=100 | United Kingdom | Index, base year = 100 | monthly | 1987-01-01 .. 2026-06-01 | unverified |
| ABMI | Gross Domestic Product: chained volume measures: Seasonally adjusted £m | United Kingdom | £m | quarterly | 1955-01-01 .. 2026-01-01 | passing |
| MGSX | Unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): % (three-month rolling average; ONS labels each window with its mid month) | United Kingdom | % | monthly | 1971-02-01 .. 2026-04-01 | passing |
| YBHA | Gross Domestic Product at market prices: Current price: Seasonally adjusted £m | United Kingdom | £m | quarterly | 1955-01-01 .. 2026-01-01 | passing |
| UKPOP | United Kingdom population mid-year estimate | United Kingdom | persons | annual | 1971-01-01 .. 2025-01-01 | unverified |
| L522 | CPIH INDEX 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100 | United Kingdom | Index, base year = 100 | monthly | 1988-01-01 .. 2026-06-01 | unverified |