Deferred income tax (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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Schedule of Deferred Income Tax

Deferred income tax

All figures in £ millions	2017			2016
Deferred income tax assets		95			451
Deferred income tax liabilities		(164	)		(466	)
Net deferred income tax		(69	)		(15	)

Schedule of Movement on Net Deferred Income Assets and Liabilities

The movement in deferred income tax assets and liabilities during the year is as follows:

All figures in £ millions	Trading losses			Returns provisions			Retirement benefit obligations			Deferred revenue			Goodwill and intangibles			Other			Total
Deferred income tax assets/(liabilities)
At 1 January 2016		19			43			(9	)		55			(348	)		(44	)		(284	)
Exchange differences		3			7			10			15			(84	)		27			(22	)
Income statement (charge)/benefit		—			(15	)		(4	)		50			144			86			261
Disposal through business disposal		—			—			—			(3	)		(7	)		—			(10	)
Tax benefit in other comprehensive income		—			—			40			—			—			—			40
At 31 December 2016		22			35			37			117			(295	)		69			(15	)
Exchange differences		(2	)		(3	)		(4	)		(8	)		19			(8	)		(6	)
Income statement (charge)/benefit		(11	)		6			7			(9	)		118			(1	)		110
Disposal through business disposal		—			—			—			—			—			(3	)		(3	)
Tax charge in other comprehensive income		—			—			(84	)		—			—			(5	)		(89	)
Transfer to assets/(liabilities) classified as held for sale		—			(4	)		—			(73	)		3			8			(66	)
At 31 December 2017		9			34			(44	)		27			(155	)		60			(69	)