"Figure 13: Since 2016, food prices have grown slower than inflation, while prices for transport, hotels and restaurants have grown quicker than overall inflation","" "UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2016 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. A positive figure means the price of the good or service has increased more than overall inflation. A negative figure means the price of the good or service has increased slower than overall inflation. 2. Latest bulletin can be found [here](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/december2018) 3. Housing and utilities refers to Classification of individual consumption by purpose (COICOP) item 04, which includes housing, water and fuel 4. Values are calculated as annual changes minus the annual change of CPIH. " "Unit","%" "","" "Date","Food","Housing and utilities","Hotels cafes and restaurants","Recreation and culture","Transport","Utilities" "2016 Q1","-3.4","0.7","1.2","-0.8","-1.2","-4.6" "2016 Q2","-3.7","0.9","1.7","-0.2","-1.6","-4.4" "2016 Q3","-3.3","0.7","1.6","-0.3","-0.4","-3.7" "2016 Q4","-3.2","0.4","1.2","-0.9","1.4","-2.6" "2017 Q1","-1.7","-0.2","0.8","-0.8","3.2","-1.9" "2017 Q2","-0.3","-0.4","0.6","-0.9","2.1","1.3" "2017 Q3","0.2","-0.5","0.5","-0.7","0.7","2.5" "2017 Q4","1.5","-0.9","0.4","0.2","1.1","3.3" "2018 Q1","0.9","-0.8","0.2","0.8","0.5","3.7" "2018 Q2","-0.2","-0.5","0.4","0.7","1.9","3.1" "2018 Q3","-0.6","-0.5","0.2","1","3.4","4.8" "2018 Q4","-1.8","0","0.6","0.8","2.3","6.5"