Classification of household consumption headings

Table 0
Table 0 summarises the totals from the other household consumption tables.

Table 01

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Food and
non-alcoholic beverages

Items included

01.1.1

Bread and cereals

Rice, bread, pasta, pastry-cook products, other cereal products

01.1.2

Meat

Beef, pig meat, lamb, poultry, frozen and processed meat

01.1.3

Fish

Fresh, chilled, dried, smoked, salted, frozen processed or preserved fish and
seafood

01.1.4

Milk, cheese and eggs

Milk, yoghurt, cheese, curd, milk desserts and drinks, eggs and sole egg products

01.1.5

Oils and fats

Butter, margarine and other vegetable fats, olive oil, edible oils, other edible animal
fats

01.1.6

Fruit

Citrus fruits, bananas, apples, pears, stone fruits, berries, frozen, dried and
preserved fruit

01.1.7

Vegetables

All vegetables including lettuce, celery, spinach, parsley, cabbage, cucumber,

tomato, beans, peppers, carrots, root and dried vegetables

01.1.8

Sugar and sweet products

Sugar, jams, marmalades, chocolate, confectionery

01.1.9

Food products n.e.c

Sauces, condiments, salt, spices, herbs, soups, yeast, dessert preparations

01.2.1

Coffee, tea and cocoa

All coffees, teas and cocoas

01.2.2

Mineral water and soft drinks

Mineral waters, spring waters, sodas, lemonades, fruit juices, vegetable juices

COICOP

Alcoholic beverages
and tobacco

Items included

02.1.1

Spirits

Spirits and liqueurs

02.1.2

Wine

Grape and fruit wines, alco pops, cider and perry

02.1.3

Beers

Beers, ales, lagers, porters, shandies, including low alcohol beverages

02.2

Tobacco

Cigarettes, cigars, pipe chewing and spitting tobacco, loose tobacco and papers

Table 02

Table 03

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Clothing and footwear

Items included

03.1.1

Clothing materials

Natural and man-made fabrics used in clothing

03.1.2

Garments

Mens, womens and childrens clothing

03.1.3

Other articles of clothing/

accessories

Ties, handkerchiefs, scarves, gloves, belts, hats, threads, wool, buttons, zips,
ribbons, laces - includes gardening and working gloves but not rubber gloves
(included in 5.6.1) and crash helmets for motor cycles and bicycles

03.1.4

Cleaning, repair and hire of

clothing

Dry cleaning, laundering, dyeing and altering of clothing

03.2.1

Shoes and other footwear

All footwear suitable for everyday and leisure wear but not sports specific
(included in 9.3.2) or orthopaedic footwear (included in 6.1.3)

03.2.2

Repair and hire of footwear

Repairs, cleaning and hire of non sports related footwear

COICOP

Housing, water, electricity

gas and other fuels

Items included

04.1.1

Actual rents paid by tenants

for housing

Rent paid for use of land and dwelling only and all fixtures and contents supplied

04.1.2

Other actual rentals

Rentals paid for secondary residences

04.2.1

Imputed rentals of owner

occupiers

Imputed value of rent for the owner occupied sector

04.2.2

Other imputed rentals

Imputed value for rent free households

04.3.1

Materials for maintenance and

repair of the dwelling

Paints, wallpaper, plaster, tiles and small plumbing items

04.3.2

Services for maintenance and

repair of the dwelling

Fees to plumbers, electricians, carpenters, glaziers, decorators etc

04.4.1

Water supply

Hire of meters, standing charges all bills but not including hot water or steam
supplied by local authorities

04.4.2

Refuse collection

Charges for refuse collection and disposal

04.4.3

Sewerage collection

Charges for the collection and disposal of sewerage

04.4.4

Other dwelling related services

Caretaking, gardening, stairwell cleaning, maintenance charges, security services

but not window cleaning (included in 5.6.2)

04.5.1

Electricity

All charges for electricity

04.5.2

Gas

All charges for gas

04.5.3

Liquid fuels

Domestic heating and lighting oil

04.5.4

Solid fuels

Coal, coke etc.

04.5.5

Heat energy

Hot water and steam purchased from local authorities

Table 04

Table 05

COICOP

Furnishings, equipment and

routine maintenance of the
house

Items included

05.1.1

Furniture and furnishings

All household furniture, lights, lamps pictures but excludes works of art and
antiques

05.1.2

Carpets and other floor

coverings

Carpets, linoleum and other floor coverings

05.1.3

Repair of furniture and floor

coverings

Repair of furniture and floor coverings including works of art and antiques

05.2

Household textiles

Fabrics, curtains, blinds, pillows, duvets, sheets, bed linen, blankets, table cloths,
shopping bags, repair of textiles

05.3.1

Major household appliances

Refrigerators, washing machines, cookers, vacuum cleaners

05.3.2

Small electric household

appliances

Coffee machines, juice extractors, mixers, fryers, toasters, hotplates, kettles, fans

05.3.3

Repair of household
appliances

Charge for repair of major and small appliances

05.4

Household utensils

Glassware, tableware, fine china, porcelain etc, saucepans

05.5.1

Major tools and equipment

Electric drills, power saws, hedge cutters, lawn mowers, chain saws and repairs of
such

05.5.2

Small tools and minor

accessories

Manual tools such as hammers, saws, screwdrivers, lawn mowers, garden tools,
ladders, light bulbs etc

05.6.1

Non-durable household goods

Soaps, liquids detergents, conditioners, cleaning agents, insecticides, kitchen

paperware, serviettes, bin liners, brooms, cloths, scourers, matches, candles,
pegs, safety pins, nails, screws, glues, string, rubber gloves

05.6.2

Domestic and household

services

Butlers, cooks, maids, cleaners, drivers, gardeners, tutors, au pairs, baby-sitting,

dry cleaning of linen, carpet cleaning, window cleaning, pest control

COICOP

Health

Items included

06.1.1

Pharmaceutical products

Medicinal preparations, drugs, medicines, serums, vaccines, vitamins and other

oral products

06.1.2

Other medical products

Clinical thermometers, plasters, bandages, dressings, syringes, body supports,

non-oral contraception

06.1.3

Therapeutic equipment

Spectacles, contact lenses, hearing aids, artificial eyes and limbs, orthopaedic
footwear, supports, wheelchairs, invalid carriages, special beds, other devices

06.2.1

Outpatient medical services

Consultations with doctors, specialists and orthodontists

06.2.2

Dental services

Services of dentists, hygienists and other dental facilities

06.2.3

Paramedical services

Private nurses, midwives, acupuncturists, aromatherapists, reflexologists

06.3

Hospital services

All inpatient hospital services, including medical care, meals and accommodation
charges

Table 06

Table 07

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Transport

Items included

07.1.1

Motor cars

Motor cars, vans etc purchased for private/ non-business use

07.1.2

Motor cycles

Motor cycles, motor scooters and powered bicycles

07.1.3

Bicycles

All non-powered bicycles, tricycles but not toy bicycles

07.2.1

Motor vehicle spares

All spares and accessories to be fitted by owner, but not helmets (included in
3.1.3) or cleaning materials (included in 5.6.1), or charges for fitting or servicing
(included in 7.2.3)

07.2.2

Vehicle fuels and lubricants

Petrol, diesel, lpg, alcohol ,oil and lubricants, brake and other fluids, coolants etc

07.2.3

Vehicle maintenance and

repair

Servicing and repair of motor vehicles, cost of fitting of spare parts and the parts
themselves, wheel balancing, AA/RAC inspection, car washing

07.2.4

Other vehicle services

Garage hire, parking spaces, tolls, parking meters, driving lessons and tests,
driving licences, MOT test

07.3.1

Railways

National, suburban and light rail, underground and tram travel

07.3.2

Road

Transport by bus, coach, taxi and hired car with driver

07.3.3

Air

Passenger transport by air

07.3.4

Sea and inland waterways

Passenger travel by ship, boat, ferry, hovercraft and hydrofoil

07.3.6

Other transport services

Funicular, chair lift, cable car, removal services, porters, left-luggage, travel agents
commission

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Communication

Items included

08.1

Postal services

Payments for delivery of post via postage stamps and private mail delivery

08.2

Telephone and fax equipment

Purchase and repair of telephones, mobile phones, fax machines, answering

machines etc

08.3

Telephone and telefax

services

Installation and subscription costs of personal telephone equipment

Table 08

Table 09

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Recreation and culture

Items included

09.1.1

Audio visual equipment

Radios, record players, amplifiers, speakers, tape machines, CD and DVD

machines, personal stereos, televisions, videocassette recorders, aerials

09.1.2

Photographic and optical

equipment

Cameras, camcorders, projectors, screens, binoculars, microscopes, telescopes

and other photographic equipment

09.1.3

Information processing
equipment

Personal computers, printers, calculators, word processors, typewriters

09.1.4

Recording media

Records, pre-recorded tapes and CDs, pre-recorded videotapes and DVDs, floppy
disks, blank tapes, videotapes, CD Rs, unexposed film

09.1.5

Repairs of audio-visual
equipment

Repair to audio-visual, photographic and cinematic equipment and information

processing equipment

09.2.1

Major durables for outdoors

recreation

Caravans, camper vans, trailers, aeroplanes helicopters, gliders, air balloons,

boats, animals for recreation and associated equipment

09.2.2

Musical instruments and major

durables for indoor recreation

Musical instruments of all sizes and types, billiard, snooker and ping-pong tables,
pin-ball and gaming machines

09.2.3

Maintenance of other major

durables

Repair of caravans, camper vans, trailers, aeroplanes, helicopters, gliders, air

balloons, boats, musical instruments of all sizes and types

09.3.1

Games, toys and hobbies

Games, toys, toy bicycles, electronic games, fireworks, stamps for collecting,
coins, hobby tools and requisites

09.3.2

Sports, camping and open-air

recreation equipment

Supply and repair of balls, shuttlecocks, gymnastic equipment, bats, rackets, sport
specific footwear, weights, parachutes, recreational firearms, fishing equipment,
inflatable boats, tents, sleeping bags, camping stoves, and barbecues

09.3.3

Gardens, plants and flowers

Flowers, shrubs, bulbs, seeds, fertilisers, composts, turf

09.3.4

Pets and related products

Pets, pet foods, veterinary products, grooming goods, collars, leads, cages,
kennels, tanks, litter trays

09.3.5

Veterinary and other services

Vets charges for grooming, boarding, tattooing, training and surgery etc

09.4.1

Recreational and sporting

services

Services provided by sports stadia, racecourses, rinks, golf courses, pools, courts,
bowling alleys, gyms, fairs, parks, dancing and skating

09.4.2

Cultural services

Cinemas, theatres, concerts, circuses, TV rental, satellite subscription, video hire,

hire of musicians, clowns, performers, photographers, film processing

09.4.3

Games of chance

Lotteries, scratchcards, betting, gaming, gambling

09.5.1

Books

Books, atlases, encyclopaedias, text books, musical scores

09.5.2

Newspapers and periodicals

Newspapers, magazines, periodicals

09.5.3

Miscellaneous printed matter

Catalogues, posters, greetings cards, invitations, postcards, calendars

09.5.4

Stationery and drawing

materials

Writing pads, envelopes, account books, notebooks, diaries, pens, pencils,

rubbers, correction fluids, ribbons, punches, scissors, staplers, drawing pins,
paper, card

09.6

Package holidays

All-inclusive holidays which include travel fares, food and accommodation

Table 10

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Education

Items included

10

Education

Charges for all levels of education

COICOP

Restaurants and hotels

Items included

11.1.1

Restaurants, cafs etc

Catering services, meals, alcohol, snacks and drinks sold by restaurants, pubs,
cafes etc

11.1.2

Canteens

Catering services of works canteens, office restaurants, school and educational

establishment canteens

11.2

Accommodation services

Accommodation in hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfast establishments,

caravan sites, youth hostels, boarding schools, universities and other educational
establishment accommodation

Table 11

Table 12

COICOP

Miscellaneous goods and

services

Items included

12.1.1

Hairdressing and personal

grooming

Hairdressers, barbers, beauty shops and salons, mens personal grooming

centres, massage parlours, saunas, tanning centres

12.1.2

Electric appliances for

personal care

Razors, hair trimmers, hair dryers, curling tongs, sun lamps, electric tooth brushes
etc

12.1.3

Other products for personal

care

Non-electrical appliances, hand razors, hand clippers, blades, hair scissors,

combs, brushes, hair clips, nail brushes, bathroom scales, soap, oils, shaving
soap, creams and foam, toothpaste, deodorants, lipstick, nail varnish, make up,
lacquers, aftershave, perfumes, and sun tan lotions

12.3.1

Jewellery, clocks and watches

Supply and repair of precious stones and metals, jewellery, clocks, watches

12.3.2

Other personal effects

Travel goods, suitcases, bags, purses, lighters, prams, cots, baby car seats, baby
carriers, harnesses, reins, sunglasses, sticks and canes, umbrellas, key rings,
gravestones, coffins, urns for ashes

12.4

Social protection

Assistance and support for elderly, disabled, occupational injured, war survivors,
widows and widowers, destitute, homeless, low earners and unearned, refugees,
alcohol and drug abused. Homes, centres, schools, cleaning services, meals,
holidays, counselling services for the above groups, fostering and adoption
services

12.5.1

Life insurance

Administration charges of life insurance. i.e. premiums less claims

12.5.2

Dwelling insurance

Owner-occupier service and tenant charges for buildings and contents insurance

12.5.3

Health insurance

Charges for private sickness and accident insurance

12.5.4

Transport insurance

Service charges for car and other vehicle insurance and travel insurance

12.5.5

Other insurance

Service charges for Civil liability insurance for injury or damage to third parties and
their property but not arising from vehicle operation (included in 12.5.4).

12.6.1

FISIM

Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM)

12.6.2

Other financial services

Charges for financial services of banks, post offices, building societies, money
changers, brokers, advisors and the like

12.7

Other services

Legal fees, employment agency fees, undertaking, funeral services, estate agents
charges, photocopies, birth, marriage and death certificates, newspaper
advertisements, astrologers, private detectives, bodyguards, dating agencies,
cloakroom charges

Table TOUR

UK and foreign tourist

expenditure

Items included

UK tourist expenditure abroad

Expenditure abroad by UK residents

Foreign tourist expenditure in

the UK

Expenditure in the UK by non-UK residents

Table 0GS
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Goods and services

summary

Items included

UK national total

UK domestic total plus net tourism

Net tourism

UK tourist expenditure abroad less foreign tourist expenditure in the UK

UK domestic total

Sum of durable, semi-durable and non-durable goods plus services

Total for goods

Sum of durable, semi-durable and non-durable goods

Durable goods

All goods which have longer shelf-life, vehicles, furniture, major household
appliances, telephone etc.

SD

Semi-durable goods

Household textiles, glassware, table ware, clothing materials, garments, shoes and
other footwear, games, toys and hobbies, books and recording media

ND

Non-durable goods

All goods which have shorter shelf life, food, drink, tobacco, plants, flowers, gas,
electricity etc

Services

Clothing and footwear, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, furnishing,
household equipment and routine maintenance of the house, financial services,
transport and communication, restaurants and hotels, package holiday, education,
social protection, recreation and cultural services

COICOP

Durable goods

Items included

05.1.1

Furniture and furnishings

All household furniture, lights, lamps pictures but excludes works of art and
antiques

05.1.2

Carpets and other floor

coverings

Carpets, linoleum and other floor coverings

05.3.1

Major household appliances

Refrigerators, washing machines, cookers, vacuum cleaners

05.5.1

Major tools and equipment

Electric drills, power saws, hedge cutters, lawn mowers, chain saws and repair of
such.

06.1.3

Therapeutic equipment

Spectacles, contact lenses, hearing aids, artificial eyes and limbs, orthopaedic
footwear, supports, wheelchairs, invalid carriages, special beds, other devices

07.1.1

Motor cars

Motor cars, vans etc purchased for private/ non-business use

07.1.2

Motor cycles

Motor cycles, motor scooters and powered bicycles

07.1.3

Bicycles

All non-powered bicycles, tricycles but not toy bicycles

08.2

Telephone and fax equipment

Purchase and repair of telephones, mobile phones, fax machines, answering

machines etc

09.1.1

Audio visual equipment

Radios, record players, amplifiers speakers, tape machines, CD machines,

personal stereos, televisions, televisions, video cassette recorders, aerials

09.1.2

Photographic and optical

equipment

Cameras, camcorders, projectors, screens, binoculars, microscopes, telescopes

and other photographic equipment

09.1.3

Information processing
equipment

Personal computers, printers, calculators, word processors, typewriters

Table DG

Table DG (continued)
COICOP

Durable goods

Items included

09.2.1

Major durables for outdoors

recreation

Caravans, camper vans, trailers, aeroplanes helicopters, gliders, air balloons,

boats, animals for recreation and associated equipment

09.2.2

Musical instruments and major

durables for indoor recreation

Musical instruments of all sizes and types, billiard, snooker and ping-pong tables,
pin-ball and gaming machines

12.3.1

Jewellery, clocks and watches

Supply and repair of precious stones and metals, jewellery, clocks, watches

Table SDG

COICOP

Semi-durable goods

Items included

03.1.1

Clothing materials

Natural and man-made fabrics used in clothing

03.1.2

Garments

Mens, womens and childrens clothing

03.1.3

Other articles of
clothing/accessories

Ties, handkerchiefs, scarves, gloves, belts, hats, threads, wool, buttons, zips,
ribbons, laces - includes gardening and working gloves but not rubber gloves
(included in 5.6.1) and crash helmets for motor cycles and bicycles

03.1.4

Cleaning, repair and hire of

clothing

Dry cleaning, laundering, dyeing and altering of clothing

03.2.1

Shoes and other footwear

All footwear suitable for everyday and leisure wear, but not sport specific (included
in 9.3.2) or orthopaedic footwear (included in 6.1.3)

05.2

Household textiles

Fabrics, curtains, blinds, pillows, duvets, sheets, bed linen, blankets, table cloths,
shopping bags, repair of textiles

05.3.2

Small electric household

appliances

Coffee machines, juice extractors, mixers, fryers, toasters, hotplates, kettles, fans

05.4

Household utensils

Glassware, tableware, fine china, porcelain etc saucepans

05.5.2

Small tools and minor

accessories

Manual tools such as hammers, saws, screwdrivers, lawn mowers , garden tools,
ladders light bulbs etc

07.2.1

Motor vehicle spares

All spares and accessories to be fitted by owner, but not helmets (included in
3.1.3) or cleaning materials (included in 5.6.1), or charges for fitting or servicing
(included in 7.2.3)

09.1.4

Recording media

Records and pre-recorded tapes and CDs, pre-recorded videotapes and DVDs,
floppy disks, blank tapes, videotapes, CD Rs, unexposed film

09.3.1

Games, toys and hobbies

Games, toys, toy bicycles, electronic games, fireworks, stamps for collecting,
coins, hobby tools and requisites

09.3.2

Sports, camping and open-air

recreation equipment

Supply and repair of balls, shuttlecocks, gymnastic equipment, bats, rackets,

sports specific footwear, weights, parachutes, recreational firearms, fishing,
equipment, inflatable boats, tents, sleeping bags, camping stoves, and barbecues

09.5.1

Books

Books, atlases, encyclopaedias, text books, musical scores

12.1.2

Electric appliances for

personal care

Razors, hair trimmers, hair dryers, curling tongs, sun lamps, electric tooth brushes
etc

12.3.2

Other personal effects

Travel goods, suitcases, bags, purses, lighters, prams, cots, by car seats, baby
carriers, harnesses, reins, sunglasses, sticks and canes, umbrellas, key rings,
gravestones, coffins, urns for ashes

Table NDG
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Non-durable goods

Items included

01.1.1

Bread and cereals

Rice, bread, pasta, pastry-cook products, other cereal products

01.1.2

Meat

Beef, pig meat, lamb, poultry, frozen and processed meat

01.1.3

Fish

Fresh, chilled, dried, smoked, salted, frozen processed or preserved fish and
seafood

01.1.4

Milk, cheese and eggs

Milk, yoghurt, cheese, curd, milk desserts and drinks, eggs and sole egg products

01.1.5

Oils and fats

Butter, margarine and other vegetable fats, olive oil, edible oils, other edible animal
fats

01.1.6

Fruit

Citrus fruits, bananas, apples, pears, stone fruits, berries, frozen, dried and
preserved fruit

01.1.7

Vegetables

All vegetables including lettuce, celery, spinach, parsley, cabbage, cucumber,

tomato, beans, peppers, carrots, root and dried vegetables

01.1.8

Sugar and sweet products

Sugar, jams, marmalades, chocolate, confectionery

01.1.9

Food products n.e.c

Sauces, condiments, salt, spices, herbs, soups, yeast, dessert preparations

01.2.1

Coffee, tea and cocoa

All coffees, teas and cocoas

01.2.2

Mineral water and soft drinks

Mineral waters, spring waters, sodas, lemonades, fruit juices, vegetable juices

02.1.1

Spirits

Spirits and liqueurs

02.1.2

Wine

Grape and fruit wines, alco pops, cider and perry

02.1.3

Beers

Beers, ales, lagers, porters, shandies. includes low alcohol beverages

02.2

Tobacco

Cigarettes, cigars, pipe chewing and spitting tobacco, loose tobacco and papers.

04.3.1

Materials for maintenance and

repair of the dwelling

Paints, wallpaper, plaster, tiles and small plumbing items

04.4.1

Water supply

Hire of meters, standing charges all bills but not including hot water or steam
supplied by local authority

04.5.1

Electricity

All charges for electricity

04.5.2

Gas

All charges for gas

04.5.3

Liquid fuels

Domestic heating and lighting oil

04.5.4

Solid fuels

Coal, coke etc

04.5.5

Heat energy

Hot water and steam purchased from local authority

05.6.1

Non-durable household goods

Soaps, liquids detergents, conditioners, cleaning agents, insecticides, kitchen

paperware, serviettes, bin liners, brooms, cloths, scourers, matches, candles,
pegs, safety pins, nails, screws, glues, string, rubber gloves

06.1.1

Pharmaceutical products

Medicinal preparations, drugs, medicines, serums, vaccines, vitamins and other

oral products

06.1.2

Other medical products

Clinical thermometers, plasters, bandages, dressings, syringes, body supports,

non-oral contraception

07.2.2

Vehicle fuels and lubricants

Petrol, diesel, lpg, alcohol ,oil and lubricants, brake and other fluids, coolants etc

09.3.3

Gardens, plants and flowers

Flowers, shrubs, bulbs, seeds, fertilisers, composts, turf

Table NDG (continued)

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Non-durable goods

Items included

09.3.4

Pets and related products

Pets, pet foods, veterinary products, grooming goods, collars, leads, cages,
kennels, tanks, litter trays

09.5.2

Newspapers and periodicals

Newspapers, magazines, periodicals

09.5.3

Miscellaneous printed matter

Catalogues, posters, greetings cards, invitations, postcards, calendars

09.5.4

Stationery and drawing

materials

Writing pads, envelopes, account books, notebooks, diaries, pens, pencils,

rubbers, correction fluids, ribbons, punches, scissors, staplers, drawing pins,
paper, card

12.1.3

Other products for personal

care

Non-electrical appliances, hand razors, hand clippers, blades, hair scissors,

combs, brushes, hair clips, nail brushes, bathroom scales, soap, oils, shaving
soap, creams and foam, toothpaste, deodorants, lipstick, nail varnish, make up,
lacquers, aftershave, perfumes, and sun tan lotions

Table SER

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Services

Items included

03.1.4

Clothing and hire of clothing

Dry cleaning, laundering, dyeing and altering of clothing

03.2.2

Repair and hire of footwear

Repairs, cleaning and hire of non sports related footwear

04.1.1

Actual rents paid by tenants

for housing

Rent paid for use of land and dwelling only and all fixtures and contents supplied

04.1.2

Other actual rentals

Rentals paid for secondary residences

04.2.1

Imputed rentals of owner

occupiers

Imputed value of rent for the owner occupied sector

04.2.2

Other imputed rentals

Imputed value of rent for rent free household

04.3.2

Services for maintenance and

repair of the dwelling

Fees to plumbers, electricians, carpenters, glaziers, decorators etc

04.4.2

Refuse collection

Charges for refuse collection and disposal

04.3.2

Sewerage collection

Charges for the collection and disposal of sewerage

04.4.4

Other dwelling related services

Caretaking, gardening, stairwell cleaning, maintenance charges, security services,

but not window cleaning (included in 5.6.2)

05.1.3

Repair of furniture and floor

coverings

Repair of furniture and floor coverings including works of art and antiques

05.3.3

Repair of household
appliances

Charge for repair of major and small appliances

05.6.2

Domestic and household

services

Butlers, cooks, maids, cleaners, drivers, gardeners, tutors, au pairs, baby-sitting,

dry cleaning of linen, carpet cleaning, window cleaning, pest control

06.2.1

Outpatient medical services

Consultations with doctors, specialists and orthodontists

06.2.2

Dental services

Services of dentists, hygienists and other dental facilities

06.2.3

Paramedical services

Private nurses, midwives, acupuncturists,

aromatherapists, reflexologists

06.3

Hospital services

All in-patient hospital services, including medical care, meals and accommodation
charges

07.2.3

Vehicle maintenance and

repair

Servicing and repair of motor vehicles, cost of fitting of spare parts and the parts
themselves, wheel balancing, AA/RAC inspection, washing

07.2.4

Other vehicle services

Garage hire, parking spaces, tolls, parking meters, driving lessons and tests,
driving licences, MOT test

07.3.1

Railways

National, suburban, and light rail, underground and tram travel

07.3.2

Road

Transport by bus, coach, taxi, and hired car with driver

07.3.3

Air

Passenger transport by air

07.3.4

Sea and inland waterways

Passenger travel by ship, boat, ferry, hovercraft and hydrofoil

07.3.6

Other transport services

Funicular, chair lift, cable car, removal services, porters, left-luggage, travel agents
commission

08.1

Postal services

Payments for delivery of post via postage stamps and private mail delivery

08.3

Telephone and telefax

services

Installation and subscription costs of personal telephone equipment

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Services

Items included

09.1.5

Repairs of audio visual

equipment

Repair to audio-visual, photographic and cinematic equipment and information

processing equipment

09.2.3

Maintenance of other major

durables

Repair of caravans, camper vans, trailers, aeroplanes, helicopters, gliders air

balloons, boats, musical instruments of all sizes and types

09.3.5

Veterinary and other services

Vets charges for grooming, boarding, tattooing, training and surgery etc

09.4.1

Recreational and sporting

services

Services provided by sport stadia, race courses, rinks, golf courses, pools, courts,
bowling alleys, gyms, fairs, parks, dancing and skating

09.4.2

Cultural services

Cinemas, theatres, concerts, circuses, TV rental, satellite subscription, video hire,

hire of musicians, clowns, performers, photographers, film processing

09.4.3

Games of chance

Lotteries, scratchcards, betting, gaming, gambling

09.6

Package holidays

All-inclusive holidays which include travel fare, food and accommodation

10

Education

Charges for all levels of education

11.1.1

Restaurants, cafs etc

Catering services, meals, alcohol, snacks and drinks sold by restaurants,

cafs,pubs etc

11.1.2

Canteens

Catering services of works canteens, office restaurants, school and educational

establishment canteens

11.1.2

Accommodation services

Accommodation in hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfast establishments,

caravan sites, youth hostels, boarding schools, universities and other educational
establishment accommodation

12.1.1

Hairdressing and personal

grooming

Hairdressers, barbers, beauty shops and salons, mens personal grooming

centres, massage parlours, saunas, tanning centres

12.4

Social protection

Assistance and support for elderly, disabled, occupational injured, war survivors,
widows and widowers, destitute, homeless, low earners and unearned, refugees,
alcohol and drug abused. Homes, centres, schools, cleaning services, meals,
holidays, counselling services for the above groups, fostering and adoption
services

12.5.1

Life insurance

Administration charges of life insurance i.e. premiums less claims

12.5.2

Dwelling insurance

Owner-occupier service and tenant charges for buildings and contents insurance

12.5.3

Health insurance

Charges for private sickness and accident insurance

12.5.4

Transport insurance

Service charges for car and other vehicle insurance and travel insurance

12.5.5

Other insurance

Service charges for civil liability insurance for injury or damage to third parties and
their property but not arising from vehicle operation (included in 12.5.4).

12.6.1

FISIM

Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM)

12.6.2

Other financial services

Charges for financial services of banks, post offices, building societies, money
changers, brokers, advisors and the like

12.7

Other services

Legal fees, employment agency fees, undertaking, funeral services, estate agents
charges, photocopies, birth, marriage and death certificates, newspaper
advertisements, astrologers, private detectives, bodyguards, dating agencies,
cloakroom charges