British people do more than £1tn of housework each year – unpaid

ONS pegs value of cooking, cleaning and childcare at 1.24tn - almost 19,000 per person

Unpaid household work, such as looking after children, doing laundry and cooking, is worth 1.24tn per year - more than the value of the UK's retail and manufacturing output combined, according to official figures.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released data for 2015 and 2016 on Tuesday estimating the value of the unpaid work undertaken by households, which also included caring for adults at home and driving to work. It said the value had grown every year from 2005 to 2016.