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£ | ||
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Original category | ONS |
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Year |
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
I. Books and Press |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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)
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