| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 8A6 Consumers expenditure1,2, 1988, 1992-1996 |
(£ million) |
1988 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
19963 |
||
| Total consumers expenditure | 24,790 |
31,538 |
34,149 |
36,115 |
37,354 |
39,446 |
|
| Food, drink and tobacco | 5,971 |
7,258 |
7,520 |
7,808 |
8,140 |
8,680 |
|
| Housing and fuel | 4,009 |
5,187 |
5,647 |
6,100 |
6,303 |
6,521 |
|
| Other | 14,203 |
18,419 |
20,249 |
21,379 |
22,035 |
23,325 |
|
| Share of UK | (percentage) | 8.3 |
8.2 |
8.4 |
8.5 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
| Per head | (£) | 4,867 |
6,170 |
6,669 |
7,037 |
7,272 |
7,692 |
| Per head | (United Kingdom = 100) | 92.9 |
93.3 |
95.4 |
96.1 |
95.5 |
95.5 |
Source: Office for National Statistics, Regional Accounts |
| 1 Consumers expenditure
measures expenditure by households and private non-profit making bodies resident in a
region. 2 The introduction of the community charge in April 1989 in Scotland (and in April 1990 in England and Wales) introduced a discontinuity in the estimates of consumers expenditure as community charge, and subsequently council tax payments are not included in consumers expenditure. 3 Provisional. |