Percentage of intellectual property costs.

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The fair value, at acquisition date, of the consideration transferred in a business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The fair value, at acquisition date, of liabilities incurred (for example, a liability for contingent consideration) as consideration transferred in a business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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The percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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Acquisition and sale of businesses and purchase of non-controlling interests - Prior year acquisitions (Detail) £ in Millions, $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2019 GBP (£)	Jun. 30, 2018 GBP (£)	May 02, 2018	Aug. 15, 2017 GBP (£)	Aug. 15, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 GBP (£)
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Consideration payable	£ 21	£ 739				£ 0
Deferred/contingent consideration payable	£ 15	£ 184				£ 0
Casamigos Acquisition
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Percentage of interest acquired				100.00%	100.00%
Consideration payable				£ 777	$ 1,000
Deferred/contingent consideration payable				£ 233	$ 300
Pierde Almas Acquisition
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Percentage of Intellectual property costs			100.00%