Property, plant and equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

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Summary of Property, plant and equipment

	Right-of-use assets						Owned assets
All figures in £ millions	Land and buildings			Plant and equipment			Land and buildings			Plant and equipment			Assets in course of construction			Total
Cost
At 1 January 2018		—			—			330			527			29			886
Exchange differences		—			—			11			14			1			26
Additions		—			—			32			22			12			66
Disposals		—			—			(75	)		(97	)		—			(172	)
Reclassifications		—			—			19			(8	)		(11	)		—
Transfer to intangible assets		—			—			—			—			(11	)		(11	)
Transfer to intangible assets – pre-publication		—			—			—			—			(2	)		(2	)
At 31 December 2018		—			—			317			458			18			793
Adjustment on initial application of IFRS 16 (see note 1b)		418			6			—			—			—			424
Exchange differences		(9	)		—			(8	)		(15	)		—			(32	)
Additions		64			2			—			18			40			124
Disposals		(13	)		(4	)		(13	)		(108	)		(8	)		(146	)
Reclassifications		—			—			4			(4	)		—			—
Transfer of finance leases		—			19			—			(19	)		—			—
Transfer to intangible assets		—			—			—			(3	)		(4	)		(7	)
Transfer to intangible assets – pre-publication		—			—			—			(2	)		(10	)		(12	)
At 31 December 2019		460			23			300			325			36			1,144
	Right-of-use assets						Owned assets
All figures in £ millions	Land and buildings			Plant and equipment			Land and buildings			Plant and equipment			Assets in course of construction			Total
Depreciation
At 1 January 2018		—			—			(197	)		(408	)		—			(605	)
Exchange differences		—			—			(5	)		(11	)		—			(16	)
Charge for the year		—			—			(20	)		(46	)		—			(66	)
Disposals		—			—			34			97			—			131
Reclassifications		—			—			(7	)		7			—			—
At 31 December 2018		—			—			(195	)		(361	)		—			(556	)
Exchange differences		2			—			6			13			—			21
Charge for the year		(60	)		(4	)		(21	)		(38	)		—			(123	)
Disposals		—			—			10			116			—			126
Transfer of finance leases		—			(12	)		—			12			—			—
Transfer to intangible assets		—			—			—			3			—			3
Transfer to intangible assets – pre-publication		—			—			—			3			—			3
At 31 December 2019		(58	)		(16	)		(200	)		(252	)		—			(526	)
Carrying amounts
At 1 January 2018		—			—			133			119			29			281
At 31 December 2018		—			—			122			97			18			237
At 31 December 2019		402			7			100			73			36			618