"Figure 6: Household expenditure fell in Quarter 4 2020, while government expenditure on health contributed positively to growth","" "UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2019 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2020","" "","" "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. Index is referenced to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2019. 3. Private consumption is household final consumption expenditure and non-profit institutions serving households. 4. Gross capital formation includes the alignment adjustment which is applied to the Change in Inventories component in the expenditure approach to measuring GDP. " "Unit","Quarterly index, 2019 Q4 =100" "","" "","Private consumption","General government expenditure","Gross capital formation","Exports","Imports" "2019 Q1","99.6","98.6","140.1","92.2","111.7" "2019 Q2","100.1","100.9","118.1","91.5","101.7" "2019 Q3","100.3","100","114","96.3","103.2" "2019 Q4","100","100","100","100","100" "2020 Q1","97.2","98.2","110.9","86.2","92.6" "2020 Q2","76.7","83.6","73.3","77.3","73.8" "2020 Q3","91.1","94.4","104.4","76.4","83.6" "2020 Q4","91","100.5","118.6","76.5","91.1"