Britons are spending less on cigarettes, drugs and alcohol and more on eating out and hotels, according to the latest official snapshot of family spending.
Weekly spending on booze, fags and narcotics fell below £12 for the first time since the survey began, partly reflecting the decline in the number of people who smoke.
On the other hand, households spent more than £45 a week on restaurants and hotels for the first time in five years, the Office for National Statistics said. The figures are for the year ending March 2016.
Jo Bulman, ONS statistician, said: “While overall household spending didn’t change much in real terms since the previous year, we did see some interesting shifts in the types of things people are spending their money on.”
The report showed that households have still not fully recovered from the financial crisis, with family spending still below the levels seen before 2007.
Average total spending – adjusted for inflation – was unchanged from a year earlier at £528.90 a week. Low income families continued to spend a higher proportion of their spending on food and energy compared with people on higher incomes.
Transport was the biggest costs for households over the year, averaging £72.70 a week or 14% of spending. It was closely followed by housing – excluding mortgage interest payments and council tax – fuel and power, which averaged at £72.50 a week.
Average weekly family spending in the year ending March 2016
- Transport: £72.70
- Housing, fuel and power: £72.50
- Recreation and culture: £68
- Food and non-alcoholic drinks: 56.80
- Restaurants and hotels: £45.10
- Miscellaneous goods and services: £39.70
- Household goods and services: £35.50
- Clothing and footwear: £23.50
- Communication: £16
- Alcoholic drinks, tobacco and narcotics: £11.40
- Health: £7.20
- Education: £7
Britons spending more on food and leisure than booze, smoking and drugs
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