Average weekly pocket money given to under 16s has fallen to £4.99 this year from £6.48 in 2021

Average weekly

pocket money

UK inflation

rate

£10

10%

Inflation 9.4%

£8

8%

£6

6%

Pocket

money

£4.99

£4

4%

£2

2%

0

0

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020

£10 average weekly pocket money

UK inflation rate 10%

Inflation 9.4%

£8

8%

£6

6%

Pocket

money £4.99

£4

4%

£2

2%

0

0

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020

Guardian graphic. Source: Halifax, ONS. Note: pocket money data unavailable for 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999 and 2002