Household expenditure data

Release date:
12 July 2019

You asked

I would like to request the following information related to household expenditure for 2018 or the most recently available time period, at local authority level or the most locally available level:

  1. Recreational and cultural services
    a. Cinema, theatre and museums etc
    b. Admissions to clubs, dances, discos, bingo
    c. Miscellaneous entertainments

  2. Restaurants and hotels
    a. Alcoholic drinks away from home
    b. Restaurant and café meals
    c. Take away meals eaten at home

We said

Thank you for your request for information on household expenditure.

We do not hold the information you requested available by local authority. The lowest level of geographic breakdown available is by region. These data can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/datasets/detailedhouseholdexpenditurebycountriesandregionsuktablea35

Table A35 includes each of the categories you listed with the exception of ‘admissions to clubs, dances, discos, bingo’, which is included within the higher level category - Miscellaneous entertainment.

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