"Figure 1: Household final consumption expenditure since 1997","" "Quarterly household final consumption expenditure total, seasonally adjusted, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 1997 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept), and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. Details of the source surveys and other data used for the compilation of household final consumption expenditure estimates can be found on the [Consumer trends methodology page](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/satelliteaccounts/methodologies/consumertrendsuk)." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Current price","Chained volume measure (reference year 2016)" "1997Q1","147","199" "1997Q2","149","202" "1997Q3","153","205" "1997Q4","153","205" "1998Q1","155","208" "1998Q2","157","210" "1998Q3","161","213" "1998Q4","161","213" "1999Q1","164","217" "1999Q2","166","220" "1999Q3","167","222" "1999Q4","170","225" "2000Q1","174","229" "2000Q2","175","230" "2000Q3","176","232" "2000Q4","178","234" "2001Q1","180","236" "2001Q2","181","238" "2001Q3","184","241" "2001Q4","184","244" "2002Q1","187","245" "2002Q2","189","248" "2002Q3","191","250" "2002Q4","193","252" "2003Q1","195","253" "2003Q2","198","258" "2003Q3","201","260" "2003Q4","202","260" "2004Q1","205","263" "2004Q2","207","265" "2004Q3","208","267" "2004Q4","212","268" "2005Q1","215","272" "2005Q2","217","274" "2005Q3","219","274" "2005Q4","222","276" "2006Q1","223","276" "2006Q2","227","279" "2006Q3","230","280" "2006Q4","231","280" "2007Q1","233","283" "2007Q2","237","285" "2007Q3","240","289" "2007Q4","242","289" "2008Q1","246","289" "2008Q2","247","287" "2008Q3","247","283" "2008Q4","245","279" "2009Q1","240","276" "2009Q2","238","273" "2009Q3","239","275" "2009Q4","242","277" "2010Q1","240","274" "2010Q2","247","279" "2010Q3","248","279" "2010Q4","248","277" "2011Q1","251","276" "2011Q2","252","274" "2011Q3","254","275" "2011Q4","256","276" "2012Q1","260","278" "2012Q2","262","278" "2012Q3","264","281" "2012Q4","267","282" "2013Q1","271","284" "2013Q2","272","283" "2013Q3","276","287" "2013Q4","278","288" "2014Q1","281","289" "2014Q2","285","290" "2014Q3","288","293" "2014Q4","289","294" "2015Q1","290","295" "2015Q2","293","298" "2015Q3","296","302" "2015Q4","299","302" "2016Q1","303","305" "2016Q2","307","308" "2016Q3","311","311" "2016Q4","314","311" "2017Q1","319","314" "2017Q2","321","315" "2017Q3","323","316" "2017Q4","326","317" "2018Q1","331","319" "2018Q2","334","321" "2018Q3","337","322" "2018Q4","340","323"