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Capital and other commitments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Capital and other commitments | 30. Capital and other commitments
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | $m |  |  | $m |
Contracts placed for expenditure not provided for in the Group Financial Statements: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment a |  |  | 52 |  |  |  | 46 |
Intangible assets |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 7 |
Key money |  |  | 135 |  |  |  | 83 |
|  |  | 194 |  |  |  | 136 |
a | 2018 included a commitment to spend $33 m on the acquired UK portfolio (see note 11) within two and a half years of the acquisition date.
A loan facility of $5m (2018: $5m) has also been made available to a hotel owner; this was undrawn at 31 December 2019. The Group has also committed to invest a further $ 6 m (2018: $ nil) in one of its associates.

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