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Inventories
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
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Inventories

21. Inventories

 

All figures in £ millions

    2017      2016  

Raw materials

      4        5  

Work in progress

      2        6  

Finished goods

      142        224  
  

 

 

     

 

 

  
     148        235  
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

The cost of inventories recognised as an expense and included in the income statement in cost of goods sold amounted to £324m (2016: £340m). In 2017, £38m (2016: £48m) of inventory provisions was charged in the income statement. None of the inventory is pledged as security.