Statement Of Cash Flows [Abstract]

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Statement of cash flows [abstract]
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities [abstract]
Profit (loss)	– GBP	– GBP	– GBP	307,000,000 GBP	– GBP	307,000,000 GBP	—	381,000,000 GBP	—	– GBP	– GBP	381,000,000 GBP	– GBP	– GBP	– GBP	– GBP	232,000,000 GBP	232,000,000 GBP	– GBP	– GBP
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss) [abstract]
Adjustments for decrease (increase) in inventories	—	—	—	—	—	12,000,000 GBP	—	15,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Other adjustments for non-cash items	—	—	—	—	—	18,000,000 GBP	—	26,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Interest paid, classified as operating activities	—	—	—	—	—	180,000,000 GBP	—	191,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Interest received, classified as operating activities	—	—	—	—	—	36,000,000 GBP	—	25,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Income taxes paid (refund), classified as operating activities	—	—	—	—	—	87,000,000 GBP	—	100,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	77,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities	—	—	—	—	—	678,000,000 GBP	—	737,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	600,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities [abstract]
Cash flows from losing control of subsidiaries or other businesses, classified as investing activities	—	—	—	—	—	– GBP	—	– GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Cash flows used in obtaining control of subsidiaries or other businesses, classified as investing activities	—	—	—	—	—	172,000,000 GBP	—	242,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,018,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment, classified as investing activities	—	—	—	—	—	4,000,000 GBP	—	14,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Purchase of property, plant and equipment, classified as investing activities	—	—	—	—	—	171,000,000 GBP	—	167,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	153,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Purchase of intangible assets, classified as investing activities	—	—	—	—	—	44,000,000 GBP	—	44,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities	—	—	—	—	—	373,000,000 GBP	—	416,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,197,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities [abstract]
Proceeds from borrowings, classified as financing activities	—	—	—	—	—	– GBP	—	– GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2,383,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Repayments of borrowings, classified as financing activities	—	—	—	—	—	369,000,000 GBP	—	– GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	844,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Payments of lease liabilities, classified as financing activities	—	—	—	—	—	145,000,000 GBP	—	157,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	104,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Dividends paid, classified as financing activities	—	—	—	—	—	229,000,000 GBP	—	201,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	122,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities	—	—	—	—	—	752,000,000 GBP	—	361,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,323,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents before effect of exchange rate changes	—	—	—	—	—	447,000,000 GBP	—	40,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	726,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents [abstract]
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	—	—	—	—	—	13,000,000 GBP	—	7,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	89,000,000 GBP	—	—	—
Cash and cash equivalents	—	—	—	—	—	—	925,000,000 GBP	—	1,562,000,000 GBP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—