"Figure 3: Growth rates of the services sector and its components, quarter on quarter a year earlier","" "UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage change" "","" "","Distribution, hotels and catering","Total Services","Transport, storage and communications","Business services and finance","Government and other services" "2015 Q1","5.4","3.4","5.0","3.4","1.4" "2015 Q2","4.9","2.9","4.7","2.6","1.2" "2015 Q3","4.5","2.3","3.9","2.1","0.5" "2015 Q4","4.0","1.8","2.6","1.5","0.6" "2016 Q1","4.5","2.5","4.0","2.1","1.3" "2016 Q2","4.3","2.3","3.3","2.2","0.6" "2016 Q3","4.9","2.7","5.2","2.3","0.7" "2016 Q4","5.2","2.5","6.3","2.2","-0.4" "2017 Q1","3.0","1.8","3.6","1.9","-0.2" "2017 Q1","2.7","1.8","4.6","1.5","0.4" "2017 Q3","2.0","1.4","1.8","1.6","0.4" "2017 Q4","0.5","1.4","1.1","2.1","1.1"