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  • August 22, 2019

Table 5: Household cultural expenditure by expenditure purpose, 2016/17 and 2017/18

NB: the following numbers are taken from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and they refer to all of the United Kingdom. Refers to weekly expenditure and no percentages are given.

Items (Field/Domain)
Total weekly expenditure (all households) in million GB£ (NO percentages available) Average weekly expenditure per household in GB£
Original category ONS

Year
2016/17 2017/18 2016/17 2017/18 
I. Books and Press 




Books  Books 31 34 1.10 1.30
Press  Newspapers 41 35 1.50 1.30

Magazines and Periodicals 19 18 0,70 0,70
II. Cultural Services 




Cinema, theatre and others  Cinema 22 25 0.80 0.90

Live entertainment: theatre, concert, shows 40 44 1.50 1.60
Museums, libraries, parks and similar  Museums, zoological gardens, theme parks, houses and gardens 14 17 0.50 0.60
Photographic services and other 
n/a n/a n/a n/a
III. Audiovisual equipment and accessories 




Support for recording image, sound and data  Photographic and cine equipment 10 12 0.30 0.40
Audiovisual equipment and accessories  Audio equipment and accessoires 32 29 1.20 1.10
Musical instruments  Musical instruments (purchase and hire) 8 5 0.30 0.20
IV. Subscriptions of television, information processing 




Rental and subscriptions of radio and television  TV, video, satellite rental, cable subscriptions and TV licences 192 191 7.10 7
Subscriptions of radio and television TV licences 61 61 2.20 2.30

Satellite subscription 96 96 3.50 3.50

Cable subscriptions 30 28 1.10 1
Rental of cultural equipment and accessories  Video, cassette and CD hire 3 4 0.10 0.10
Information Processing and Internet 
n/a n/a n/a n/a
Material for information processing 
n/a n/a n/a n/a
Mobile devices Mobile phone purchase 21 29 0.80 1.10
Mobile and Internet services Mobile phone account 205 214 7.50 7.90

Mobile phone – other payments 12 10 0.40 0.40

Internet subscription fees 95 102 3.50 3.80

Sources: 
2016/17: Components of Household Expenditure: Table A1 (Fiscal Year ending April 2017)
2017/18: Components of Household Expenditure: Table A1 (Fiscal Year ending April 2018)